On Stone: The Art and Use of Typography on the Personal Computer

Stone, Sumner

ISBN 10: 0938491415 / ISBN 13: 9780938491415

Published by Bedford Arts, San Francisco, 1991

About this Item

4to, 112 pp.

Seller Inventory # 008744

Bibliographic Details

• Title: On Stone: The Art and Use of Typography on the Personal Computer
• Publisher: Bedford Arts, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0938491415
• ISBN 13: 9780938491415
• Binding: hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Fine copy in fine dust jacket
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Graphic Design

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Synopsis

The three chapters in this beautifully designed book address three fundamental needs of type users. The first chapter provides a grounding in the origins & evolution of typography, & describes Stone s process in designing his typefaces on, & for, the computer. Chapter 2 offers a wide-ranging series of graphic examples of the ways in which type & design can be used in many contexts. Stone comments on the designs, & Brian Wu, the book s graphic designer, shares his thoughts about the typographic issues. In the final chapter, all 18 members of the Stone type family are exhibited in the style of formal specimens.