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    as in queen

    (the abecedarium of a typophiliac)

    by Leda Black

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    This book is an alphabet book of the letter Q, a reprint/reworking of a fine press artists' book published in 1997 by Leda Black. The text is a series of praise poems to this letter. The words form mesostichs (similar to acrostics) in which a word is created by the vertical alignment of other words, in the middle of the text block. The words thus formed are the name of the typeface of the particular Q, in alphabetical order. So the first is Anna and the last is Zapf Book. The text forms a riff on gender and sexual identity since the capital letter Q, rarely used (closeted?) but often strange or ornate, has both female and male elements (the open circle and the protruding bar). The original fine press artists' book was selected by the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) as one of the 50 outstanding examples of book design for the year 1997.
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    • Primary Category: Fine Art
    • Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
      # of Pages: 32
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      • Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781364689131
    • Publish Date: Dec 01, 2015
    • Language English
    • Keywords typography, gender, poetry, sexuality, graphic design
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    Leda Black
    Washington, DC

    Originally from New Mexico, Leda moved to the Washington, DC area in 2010. She trained in philosophy as an undergraduate and in the book arts in graduate school (book design, letterpress printing, hand bookbinding, printmaking, creative writing, typographic design). She is a graphic designer and has worked in computer graphics and photographic imagery for many years. In 2014 she opened an art studio in Washington, DC, Black Lab, which is often open to the public. It is on the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market in the Brookland neighborhood. Since 2015 Leda has been creating work through her art project, The Female Power Project. She sells directly at Eastern Market and at street festivals around the D.C. Region.

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