Type. A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles (Multilingual Edition)

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For The Love of Letters
A history of fonts and graphic styles from 1628 to 1938

This comprehensive book offers an intensive overview of typeface design from 1628 to the mid-20th century. Derived from a distinguished Dutch collection, a series of exquisitely designed catalogues trace the evolution of the broadcast letter by the use of specimens in roman, italic, bold, semibold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters, and decorations also are included, in conjunction with lithographic examples, letters by sign writers, inscription carvers, and calligraphers.

The primary a part of the book covers pre-20th century typeface, with texts by editor Cees de Jong and collector Jan Tholenaar. The second one part covers the period from 1900 to the mid-20th century, and comprises a historical outline by Alston W. Purvis. Featured type designers come with: William Caslon, Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke, Peter Behrens, Rudolf Koch, Eric Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Paul Renner, Jan Tschichold, A. M. Cassandre, Aldo Novarese, and Adrian Frutiger.

Text in English, French, and German

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