Jessica Hische - Penguin Drop Caps

Penguin Drop Caps is a series of twenty-six collectible hardcover editions of fine works of literature, each featuring on its cover a specially commissioned illustrated letter of the alphabet by type designer Jessica Hische. A collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, whose series design encompasses a rainbow-hued spectrum across all twenty-six books, Penguin Drop Caps debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a 'B' for Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's My Ántonia, and continues with more perennial classics from Penguin.

Jessica Hische is a letterer, illustrator, typographer, and web designer. She currently serves on the Type Directors Club board of directors, has been named a Forbes Magazine "30 under 30" in art and design as well as an ADC Young Gun and one of Print Magazine's "New Visual Artists". She has designed for Wes Anderson, McSweeney's, Tiffany & Co, Penguin Books and many others

 

 

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Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Drop Caps) By Jane Austen, Jessica Hische (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Jane Austen, Jessica Hische (Illustrator)
$27.00
ISBN: 9780143123163
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Published: Penguin Books - December 12th, 2012

Jane Eyre (Penguin Drop Caps) By Charlotte Bronte, Jessica Hische (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Charlotte Bronte, Jessica Hische (Illustrator)
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780143123149
Published: Penguin Books - December 12th, 2012

My Antonia (Penguin Drop Caps) By Willa Cather, Jessica Hische (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Willa Cather, Jessica Hische (Illustrator)
$27.00
ISBN: 9780143123156
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Published: Penguin Books - December 12th, 2012