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Champion International Corporation, [Published date: 1987-1988]. Softcover portfolio with loose sheets, 28 x 28 cm. Designed by Paula Scher for Koppel and Scher, New York. Illustrated throughout with full color typographic specimen sheets, color-on-color printing demonstrations, and paper reference material printed on various Champion papers. Portfolio in acceptable+ condition; contents
in very good condition. The outer folder shows moderate wear, with the glued bottom edge detached, bumping and creasing to edges and corners, and fading along the spine; previous owner's name written in ink on the inside triangular fold. The individual sheets remain clean, well preserved, and free of markings. Complete and intact. Promotional typography and paper specimen portfolio issued by Champion International Corporation to showcase Beautiful Faces II and the Champion Color Collection. The set contains 26 inserts in total: 16 decorative typeface specimen sheets presenting alphabets, lower case letters, and numerals; 8 combination design sheets demonstrating color-on-color printing and paired typefaces; 1 title and introduction sheet; and 1 folded reference and specification brochure. The brochure identifies the featured subject as "Sixteen new decorative typefaces plus three new Champion colors: Jade, Red, and Softwhite." Graphic content features bold Art Deco and streamline-inspired portrait illustrations and layout examples emphasizing the interaction of typography, color, inks, and paper surface. Production notes in the brochure state that the folder was printed using six match matte inks plus an off-line matte varnish on a six-color 26 x 40 Heidelberg press.