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Mahamudra
Die Fischbachpresse; Texing, Austria; 1993
Author: Tilopa
Typography: Lui (Alois) Karner
Printer: Lui (Alois) Karner
Binder: Charlotte Karner
Contact: rialto@fischbachpresse.at
Thirty pages, edition of 150. Design and hand composition by Lui Karner in Romanée Romein, designed by Jan van Krimpen. Letterpress on Hahnemëhle paper; cover, Lokta-paper from Nepal. Mahamudra is a Tibetean text from the twelfth century by Tilopa, translated into German by Ernst Schönwiese. The book won the German Award for Communication Design in 1995. Die Fischbachpresse was founded in 1990 by Lui (Alois) Karner, and has produced about 20 handmade books in limited editions over the past 15 years. With Giovanni de Faccio, an Italian calligrapher, Karner designed the digital typeface Rialto DF, a winner in the New York Type Director´s Club design competition in 2002. |