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Making Faces:
Metal Type in the 21st Century

A film by Richard Kegler

 

This fascinating design documentary captures the personality and work process of the late Canadian graphic artist Jim Rimmer (1931-2010).

In 2008, P22 type foundry commissioned Rimmer to create a new type design (Stern) that became the first-ever simultaneous release of a digital font and hand-set metal font. Rimmer was one of only a few who possessed the skills needed to create a metal font.

This film is a unique opportunity to share Jim's knowledge, processes and passions with the world.

Region Free Standard DVD Package includes:

• 45 minute documentary
• In depth bonus features on the type making process
• Newly digitized rare silent film from the 1930s: “The Creation of a Printing Type from the Design to The Print by Frederic W. Goudy”
• One actual piece of cast metal type

Deluxe version contains the above +:
-10 Languages of Subtitles: English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovenian, & Spanish.
-Hand printed letterpress specimen of the full Stern typeface
-Hand printed DVD case with design by KeeganMeegan&Co.
-Second Disc with digital copy of 720p HD versions of the film for Mac and Windows

 

 

Personal DVD
$19.95

Educational License DVD $300

For public screening fees, please inquire p22 @ p22.com

 

DeluxePersonal DVD
$29.95

For Screenings and Film updates see Making Faces Blog

“The film is excellent ...truly wonderful! (Jim Rimmer is) wonderfully charming and such an amount of detail to observe.”
- The Brothers Quay, filmmakers

“I’m not sure what impresses me more, Rimmer’s love and devotion to his work, which is so beautifully portrayed in this movie, or the fact that a fellow designer took it upon himself to document it.”
- Rudy VanderLans, Emigre

“I think it’s a terrific piece of work. For those of us who knew Jim, it’s a powerful reminder of what we’ve lost. For all those who didn’t, I think it’s a fine, true glimpse of what they missed.”
- Robert Bringhurst, Author- Elements of Typographic Style
"A pure process film on the true hands-on method of creating typefaces, as demonstrated by one of its last practitioners. 'Making Faces' is an important resource for typography students and experts alike."
- Gary Hustwit, filmmaker(Helvetica)