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Author: Dori Griffin Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350116629 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
Type Specimens introduces readers to the history of typography and printing through a chronological visual tour of the books, posters, and ephemera designed to sell fonts to printers, publishers, and eventually graphic designers. This richly illustrated book guides design educators, advanced design students, design practitioners, and type aficionados through four centuries of visual and trade history, equipping them to contextualize the aesthetics and production of type in a way that is practical, engaging, and relevant to their practice. Fully illustrated throughout with 200 color images of type specimens and related ephemera, the book illuminates the broader history of typography and printing, showing how letterforms and their technologies have evolved over time, inspiring and guiding designers of today.
Author: Dori Griffin Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1350116629 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 256
Book Description
Type Specimens introduces readers to the history of typography and printing through a chronological visual tour of the books, posters, and ephemera designed to sell fonts to printers, publishers, and eventually graphic designers. This richly illustrated book guides design educators, advanced design students, design practitioners, and type aficionados through four centuries of visual and trade history, equipping them to contextualize the aesthetics and production of type in a way that is practical, engaging, and relevant to their practice. Fully illustrated throughout with 200 color images of type specimens and related ephemera, the book illuminates the broader history of typography and printing, showing how letterforms and their technologies have evolved over time, inspiring and guiding designers of today.
Author: Farmer, Little & Co Publisher: ISBN: Category : Alphabets Languages : en Pages : 368
Book Description
Farmer, Little & Co. was founded in 1862. Annenberg notes that all page counts vary in 1885 editions he examined. This catalog includes: type metal, equipment, ornaments, and rule.
Author: Dori Griffin
Author: Dori Griffin
Author: Inland type foundry
Author: American Type Founders Company
Author: Miller and Richard
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Author: Barnhart Brothers & Spindler
Author: Miller and Richard (Firm)
Author: Farmer, Little & Co
Author: Lawrence B. Romaine
Author: American Type Founders Company