Adrian Frutiger – Typefaces: The Complete Works

Heidrun Osterer, Philipp Stamm

ISBN 10: 3764385812 / ISBN 13: 9783764385811

Published by Birkhauser Architecture, Germany, 2008

About this Item

2008 De Gruyter large format hardcover edition. Light reading wear, small tear to dustjacket else very good condition.

From the dustjacket: Adrian Frutiger - Typefaces. The Complete Works is based on interviews and conversations with the designer and on comprehensive research by the editors. Its depth and range make it an indispensable reference work. Completed in the year of Adrian Frutiger's 80th birthday, it represents, as is his wish, his legacy to further generations of type designers and typographers.

Seller Inventory # XO-GUGD-GREB

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adrian Frutiger ? Typefaces: The Complete Works
• Publisher: Birkhauser Architecture, Germany
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3764385812
• ISBN 13: 9783764385811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Adrian Frutiger
• Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 25.4W x 31.75H x 4.45D centimeters 25.4 centimeters width by 31.75 centimeters height by 4.45 centimeters depth
• Weight: 2676 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Books & Typography

About this title

Synopsis

Based on conversations with Frutiger himself and on extensive research in France, England, Germany, and Switzerland, this publication provides a highly detailed and accurate account of the type designer’s artistic development and his work.

With the support of Pro Helvetia, Swiss Arts Council

About the Author

Heidrun Osterer is lecturer in typographic screen design at 'Berufsschule für Gestaltung' (vocational design education and training) in Zurich

Philipp Stamm is an assistant professor of typography and type design at the Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst (HGK) Basel (University of Art and Design Basel).