Custom Lettering of the 20's and 30's

Hughes, Rian

ISBN 10: 0957664958 / ISBN 13: 9780957664951

Published by Korero Press, London, 2017

About this Item

576 pages. Softcover. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear to wrappers. A celebration of the stunning and stylistically varied headline lettering that existed before the advent of phototypesetting or the computer. Collects more than 4500 examples Record # 352951.

Seller Inventory # 352951

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Custom Lettering of the 20's and 30's
• Publisher: Korero Press, London
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0957664958
• ISBN 13: 9780957664951
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

This unique publication collects over 4,500 examples of custom lettering from the heyday of Art Deco and the experimental modernity of the Futurists&;from geometric sans, elegant brush scripts, and heavy industrial serifs to hand-drawn eccentricities and outré display type. A cornerstone of any type-lovers library.

About the Author

Rian Hughes is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, comic artist, writer, and typographer who has worked extensively for the British and American advertising, music, and comic book industries. His recent books include Custom Lettering of the ‘20s and ’30s, Soho Dives, Soho Divas, and XX: A Novel, Graphic. He has an extensive collection of Thunderbirds memorabilia, a fridge full of vodka, and a stack of easy listening albums which he plays very quietly in his home in London.

Foreword by Zavier Leslie Cabarga
American Zavier Leslie Cabarga is an illustrator, type and logo designer, and author of many books, including Progressive German Graphics, Dynamic Black and White Illustration, and The Logo, Font & Lettering Bible. As an illustrator, Zavier’s work has appeared in New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and on the covers of magazines such as Time, Newsweek, Fortune, National