Beer and type are a great pairing. And it turns out that not only do old brewery casks have wonderfully obscure names, but the amount of pints they hold relates rather nicely to traditional type sizes: 36, 72, 144… A relationship that has been celebrated in this print.

The cask names have been typeset in a range of wonderful wood letter, with a typographic key proportionally representing pints as typographic points for each cask. For example; a 6pt by 6pt square ‘em’ (6 x 6 = 36pts) represents a Pin cask, which can hold 36 pints. While three 24pt ems show the not insubstantial 1728 p(o)ints found in a Tun.

The broadside has been typeset by hand and printed in metallic copper and warm grey in a limited edition of just 45.