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Inspired by finding 8 wood type blocks in a dusty drawer in a Paris printing workshop, I set out to identify and recreate the typeface - Venus Grotesk. I drew the characters based on original specimen catalogues, carved them out of plywood, and documented the process in book form.
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![Venus book](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7f2c47a8-1a2d-41e1-9379-f30eea1647e2/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,900,1200/0-0-0/25a4b79d-ab20-49bb-a89c-47cc1e36097c/1/1/LauraYates_Venus_book_4.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037581165~hmac=cfa41c929fcfdd634b7b200c1812e328ba3da58a919d40fe379c672413d52a63)
![Venus new type blocks](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7f2c47a8-1a2d-41e1-9379-f30eea1647e2/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,900,1200/0-0-0/2ba65bf6-88c0-4345-8b5b-6d3dc39392b3/1/1/LauraYates_Venus_book_5.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037581165~hmac=cfa41c929fcfdd634b7b200c1812e328ba3da58a919d40fe379c672413d52a63)
![Venus printing](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7f2c47a8-1a2d-41e1-9379-f30eea1647e2/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,900,1200/0-0-0/c4e49725-0c58-4386-9380-91f526fa858c/1/1/LauraYates_Venus_book_6.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037581165~hmac=cfa41c929fcfdd634b7b200c1812e328ba3da58a919d40fe379c672413d52a63)
![Venus book](https://format.creatorcdn.com/7f2c47a8-1a2d-41e1-9379-f30eea1647e2/0/0/0/0,0,1800,1200,900,1200/0-0-0/eaacef0b-a36e-4d10-98e7-7155a0884098/1/1/LauraYates_Venus_book_cover.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037581165~hmac=cfa41c929fcfdd634b7b200c1812e328ba3da58a919d40fe379c672413d52a63)
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Venus letterpress printed specimen book
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