Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles

<div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text_headlines"><div><strong>Know your type: A visual history of fonts and graphic styles: 1628&#8211;1938</strong></div><div>&#160;</div></div><div class="description_text"><div class="margin-bottom" id="description_text"><strong>This book offers a connoisseur&#8217;s overview of typeface design, exploring the most elegant fonts from the history of publishing. </strong>Taken from a distinguished Dutch collection, this exuberant two-volume edition traces the evolution of the printed letter via exquisitely designed catalogs, showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters, and decorations are also included, along with lithographic examples, letters by sign writers, inscription carvers, and calligraphers.<br><br>Featuring works by type designers including: <strong>William Caslon</strong>, <strong>Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke</strong>, <strong>Peter Behrens</strong>, <strong>Rudolf Koch</strong>, <strong>Eric Gill</strong>,<strong> Jan van Krimpen</strong>, <strong>Paul Renner</strong>, <strong>Jan Tschichold</strong>, <strong>A. M. Cassandre</strong>, <strong>Aldo Novarese</strong>, and <strong>Adrian Frutiger</strong>.<br><br>In order to accommodate a vast amount of material, we have divided this text into two volumes. The <strong>first volume</strong> covers pre&#8211;20th century typeface specimens, with texts by editor Cees de Jong and collector Jan Tholenaar. The <strong>second volume </strong>covers the period from 1900 to the mid-20th century, and contains a historical outline by Alston W. Purvis.<br><br>Includes exclusive access with TASCHEN keycard to online image library: over 2,400 high-resolution scans of type specimens downloadable for unrestricted use.</div><div class="margin-bottom">&#160;</div><div class="margin-bottom">Text in English, French, and German</div></div>