HERMANN ZAPF AND HIS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: Selected Articles and Lectures on Calligraphy and Contemporary Developments in Type Design, with Illustrations and Bibliographical Notes, and a Complete List of His Typefaces
by Zapf, Hermann. Introduction by Carl Zahn
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Chicago: Society of Typographic Arts, (1987). First edition. Hardcover. Fine in fine dustjacket. 254 pp., profusely illustrated; quarto, original blue cloth, gilt. Essential reference to the work of the important designer and typographer. Includes specimens of the 175 alphabets designed by Zapf.
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- Title
- HERMANN ZAPF AND HIS DESIGN PHILOSOPHY: Selected Articles and Lectures on Calligraphy and Contemporary Developments in Type Design, with Illustrations and Bibliographical Notes, and a Complete List of His Typefaces
- Author
- Zapf, Hermann. Introduction by Carl Zahn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Society of Typographic Arts
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- (1987)
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