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BELLE LETTERE

Edited and Designed by
Carlo Buffa

Editing
Maddalena Redolfi

Calligraphic titles
Thomas Ingmire


Typeset in
Mrs Eaves by Zuzana Licko
Bell Gothic by Chaucey H. Griffith


Photographs
Marco Ambrosi
Cianei Fecchio
Giancarlo Gennaro
Aldo Sodoma


Translations
Craig Allen
Timothy Keates


Printed in Italy by
Centro Offset Master
Mestrino, Padova


Special thanks to
Color Lux, Italy
For high quality color separation

ISBN 88-900 229-0-6

© 1997 Centro Offset srl
© 1997 Carlo Buffa



C O N T E N T S

So far, so close
by Carlo Buffa

Calligraphy in the 20th Century
by Thomas Ingmire

Between Word and Image
by Tiziano Santi

The Pleasure of Showing & Looking at Words
by Manfredo Massironi


BELLE LETTERE AWARD

Traditional Calligraphy

Expressive Calligraphy

Words and Images

Words and Abstract Form

The Word as Image

Conceptual Works



The Work of Thomas Ingmire
by Monica Dengo


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