Il deserto dei Tartari
Contributed by Veronica Paoli on Apr 7th, 2022. Artwork published in
June 2020
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“Il tempo passa e la strada un giorno dovrà pur finire.”
The fortress, the novel’s fulcrum, a place and non-place where time stops being perceptible even though it does not cease its inexorable flow, becomes the fulcrum of the page. Its centrality pervades the thoughts of the characters who inhabit it, to the point that their subjugation is clearly visible.
This edition of Dino Buzzati’s novel Il deserto dei Tartari (English: The Tartar Steppe) was designed by Veronica Paoli together with Michele Biondi and Rachele Bozzato, as a student project at ISIA Urbino.
Supervised by Luca Pitoni
Laboratorio di Sintesi
A.A. 2019/2020
Inferi is used throughout
2 Comments on “Il deserto dei Tartari ”
What a beautiful and well-done work!
Some previous researches made me notice that the first editions of this work by Buzzati, in Italy, and other works contemporary to this one, generally used some kind of garalda. Like Simoncini’s Garamond.
That is why I believe Inferi worked well.
A masterpiece by Buzzati, who was also a painter related to the avant-garde of the time, I found the choice of this particular typeface very elegant, because it encompasses the tone of the narrative. It is new, modern (the context in which Buzzati’s work is set) – but it still has aspects in common with the “classic” typefaces, in a way, with the traditional fonts (timeless virtue of the work itself and of the font quality).
Here in Brazil, the most recent edition of this work, by Editora Nova Fronteira – already mentioned in this site – uses on the cover the same painting that appears in the edition in question, which is very beautiful.
Congratulations on the work!
I would love, in the future, to acquire a copy, to pair it with my brazilian editions.
Yes, really a splendid specimen. One should buy it just because of the typography.