Trefoil, 1987 8vo (24.5 x 24.5 cm), 167 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century. Although the skeleton shapes of the letters of our alphabet hardly change, many skilled type designers have devoted much time, sometimes their whole lives, to drawing different versions of the outlines. This book serves as an introduction to the concept of typefaces and to some of the personalities who have created them - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Gill, Morison, Van Krimpen, Trump, Tschichold, Frutiger, and Zapf - and places them in the context of the enormous changes that have occurred the 20th century in the methods of creating and setting type.

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Bookseller: Leopolis Volodymyr Dmyterko (PL)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 005664
Title: Twentieth century type designers
Author: Carter, Sebastian
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0862940761
ISBN 13: 9780862940768
Publisher: Trefoil
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1987
Bookseller catalogs: Bibliography;

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