Alphabet Stories

Zapf, Hermann

Published by RIT: Cary Graphic Arts Press, 2007

Condition: Used - Near fine Hardcover

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First Edition, 2007. 149 pages. Book measures 7.5 x 11 inches. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. No dust jacket as issued. Near Fine. A clean bright copy in tight binding. Written as an anecdotal first-person account, the reader is treated to Zapf?s personal recollections of technical breakthroughs. Zapf reveals milestones tracing his education in 1930s Germany, to his work on forefront of computer-aided typesetting in the 1970s, to the tour de force design of a complex calligraphic font?Zapfino in the late ?90s. Vivid reproductions of Zapf?s calligraphy, production proofs, typographic specimens, and photographs complete the portrait of one of the most prolific designers of our time. Alphabet Stories, masterfully printed in color on an uncoated cream-colored paper, includes the illustrated narrative, a plate section, a selected bibliography, and a postscript by David Pankow, curator of the Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection, which maintains one of the most comprehensive American archives of Zapf?s work. This book is the first Hermann Zapf monograph to be typeset in the new Palatino Nova and Palatino Sans digital typefaces issued by Linotype.

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Alphabet Stories

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RIT: Cary Graphic Arts Press

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2007

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Hardcover

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1st Edition

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