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First English edition. A great book on the history, development and use of type. The author discusses thirty contemporary printing types in an interesting and informative manner. Also contains a chapter on Type Making from Punch to Computer. Well illustrated with reproductions of complete fonts, examples of fine design and other illustrations. This hardback edition is now out-of-print. Minor fading to spine. 428, 2 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. thick 8vo..
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- PublisherHamish Hamilton
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0241129435
- ISBN 13 9780241129432
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages428
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1990. 8vo. Pp.431. Numerous type illusts. Orig. cloth. D.w. Seller Inventory # 1466
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Anatomy of a Typeface: A Comprehensive Survey of 30 Type Families Tracing Their Forms, History And Development Over the Last Five Centuries
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Book Description 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 428 p. : ill. Notes: Includes bibliography, index. Contents: Goudy text and black-letter types -- Hammer Uncial -- Cloister Old Style -- Centaur -- Bembo -- Arrighi -- Dante -- Goudy Old Style -- Palatino -- Garamond -- Galliard -- Granjon -- Sabon -- Janson -- Caslon -- Baskerville -- Bodoni -- Bulmer -- Bell -- Oxford -- Caledonia -- Cheltenham -- Bookman -- Times Roman -- Newspaper types -- Franklin Gothic and the twentieth century gothics -- Calrendon and the square-serif revival -- Optima and the humanist sans-serif types -- Futura and the geometric sans-serif types -- Script, cursive and decorated types -- Type making from punch to computer. Subjects: Typefaces Lettering; Printing; Specimens; Periodicals Publishing; Typefaces; Type and type-founding; Typograph; Letter; Forms; Printing; Development; Study; Analysis; Design. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 389986
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Book Description 1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 428 p. : ill. Notes: Includes bibliography, index. Contents: Goudy text and black-letter types -- Hammer Uncial -- Cloister Old Style -- Centaur -- Bembo -- Arrighi -- Dante -- Goudy Old Style -- Palatino -- Garamond -- Galliard -- Granjon -- Sabon -- Janson -- Caslon -- Baskerville -- Bodoni -- Bulmer -- Bell -- Oxford -- Caledonia -- Cheltenham -- Bookman -- Times Roman -- Newspaper types -- Franklin Gothic and the twentieth century gothics -- Calrendon and the square-serif revival -- Optima and the humanist sans-serif types -- Futura and the geometric sans-serif types -- Script, cursive and decorated types -- Type making from punch to computer. Subjects: Typefaces Lettering; Printing; Specimens; Periodicals Publishing; Typefaces; Type and type-founding; Typograph; Letter; Forms; Printing; Development; Study; Analysis; Design. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 389986
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