Type & typography : highlights from Matrix, the review for printers and bibliophiles / Mark Batty Publisher.
Language: English
Published by West New York, N.J. ; [Great Britain] : Mark Batty, 2003., 2003
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine, tight, bright remarkably well-preserved. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine, mylar-sleeved, gentle cockling, else perfect. Description: xx, 374 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), facsimiles ; 29 cm. First Edition, first impression, illustrated throughout. Includes bibliographical references and index. Beautifully typeset, profusely illustrated, this book offers a singular collection of 35 in-depth articles on typography and the printing arts. Originally printed in Matrix, the renowned journal of the printing arts, the articles cover a number of individual typefaces, techniques of making type using both historical and contemporary means, and arguments for the continuing use of obsolete printing technologies; also examinations of book design, ornamentation, and mathematical and other non-Latin typography. An essential book for printers, typographers and bibliophiles. Classic.
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- Title
- Type & typography : highlights from Matrix, the review for printers and bibliophiles / Mark Batty Publisher.
- Author
- Randle, John; Berry, John
- Publisher
- West New York, N.J. ; [Great Britain] : Mark Batty, 2003.
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Near Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0971568766
- ISBN 13
- 9780971568761
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 1,463 grams
The list of contributors is a "Who's Who" from the world of type and graphic design, and includes such experts as Sebastian Carter, J.F. Coakley, John Dreyfus, Justin Howes, Jerry Kelly, Paul Luna, James Mosley, Stan Nelson, Fiona Ross and Jan van Krimpen, to name a few.
This volume includes introductory essays by John Randle, the principal of the Whittington Press and the publisher of Martix for over 20 years, and by John D. Barry, an editor, writer, typographer, and book designer.
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