A stunning tribute to the experimental letterpress prints of the revered scholarprinter and AIGA medalist Jack StauffacherCreated in his offhours on the weekend and in part inspired by the modern artists of his day Jack Stauffachers exquisite prints demonstrate what wood type can do when released from its role in traditional communication and instead used to explore letters as pure form. In the resulting abstract dynamically composed often lushly layered prints Stauffacher reclaims typography as a subject fit for the gallery wall.Featuring 500 images most of which have never appeared in a publication before and essays by collaborators from the worlds of art and typography Only on Saturday is the first trade book to document the work of one of the past centurys great typographers and printersand offer the compelling backstory behind its creation.Born in 1920 in San Mateo California Jack Stauffacher was a printer typographer and finebook publisher whose delicate yet graphic sensibility landed his work first in library rare book collections and then in museums such as SFMOMA and LACMA who sought out his typographic prints. A printer of exceptional skill who began his apprenticeship at the age of 16 Stauffacher created books for his Greenwood Press off and on for eight decades.