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Aperiodical Publishing Co. is the one-person press of Glenn Fleishman, publishing books, ebooks, audiobooks, and letterpress and fine-art editions about type, printing, comics history, and design. More about Aperiodical →
Print Books
Why did typesetters get paid to compose metal type and then throw it away? How did one New York Times printer stay employed for over 50 years on a “job for life”? What—what I ask you!—does flong mean?! The answer to these, and many other questions you never knew you had about the history of printing, will be found in Flong Time, No See.
A visually rich celebration of the newspaper comic as an art form and object of industrial production, from the 1890s to the 2020s. Hardcover, 288 pages. This item is only offered signed and optionally inscribed.
Six Centuries of Type & Printing
The story of the evolution of type and printing in print and ebook form Bundle
Six Centuries of Type & Printing tells the story of the evolution of type and printing in 64 brisk pages in a cloth-bound hardcover volume. It starts in Asia, before Johann Gutenberg, then takes you, generation by generation, through increasing sophistication in metal and relief printing and type manufacture, up to the present day. Also includes the expanded ebook.
Ebooks
Flong Time, No See
Ebook Edition Digital Pre-order
Why did typesetters get paid to compose metal type and then throw it away? How did one New York Times printer stay employed for over 50 years on a “job for life”? What—what I ask you!—does flong mean?!
Not To Put Too Fine a Point on It
Why we shout in capitals and how to archive a website for 10,000 years Digital
If you’re interested in type, printing, and language and where they intersect, you’ll enjoy this ebook of ten researched and reported articles written in 2016 and 2017.
Six Centuries of Type & Printing
The story of the evolution of type and printing, ebook edition Digital
Six Centuries of Type & Printing tells the story of the evolution of type and printing, from Asia before Gutenberg through the digital age.
The Magazine: The Complete Archive
Stories of wonder, innovation, and hidden miracles with a technological bent Digital
A collection of the nearly 300 non-fiction stories published in The Magazine across its 28 months in existence as a fortnightly electronic periodical from October 2012 to December 2014: 58 issues with over 500,000 words from 150 authors.
A book about London’s typographic past, present—and shaky future from 2018. Some of its predictions came to pass.
Audiobooks
The audiobook edition is a 130-minute version of the book, read aloud at a comfortable pace by the author.
Posters & Prints
A unique print combines a simulation of historic flong and letterpress printing on handmade paper, showcasing a Zippy the Pinhead comic strip.
A print celebrating wood type, printing, and history, signed and numbered.
An 11×17-inch (28×43 cm) high-quality giclée archival ink-jet print on art paper drawing on elements of The Incomparable podcast network’s iconography.
Newsletter Subscriptions
Premium Newsletter
Digital
Premium issues of True to Glenn’s Type: monthly articles on the history of type, printing, language, comics, and culture, and how they interconnect, plus full archives, book discounts, and more.
Other
Get a replica of a classic piece of printing and typographic history used for casting type for nearly a century.
A letterpress bookmark for the print shop’s youngest hand.
A letterpress bookmark honoring Tutivillus, the patron demon of typos.