16mo. (21)ff. Eighteen letterform samples, devised by Kindersley, exhibit an inventive approach to typography. Facing each sample is its given name and the source of Kindersley's inspiration, which ranges from the historical (18th- and early 19th-century English slate inscriptions; 11th-, 12th-, and 13th-century Versal letters) to the conceptual (Shatter Boustrophedon is based on splintered glass). Easily misordered, but such is part of the project to imagine how types get their names and meanings. Sheets loose in stiff green boards with decorative wrapper. Mild rubbing to edges, else fine. Housed in slipcase.