Anatomy of a TypefaceGodine, 1990 - 428 pages "To the layman, all printing types look the same. But for typographers, graphic artists and others of that lunatic fringe who believe that the letters we look at daily (and take entirely for granted) are of profound importance, the question of how letters are formed, what shape they assume, and how they have evolved remains one of passionate and continuing concern. Lawson explores the vast territory of types, their development and uses, their antecedents and offspring, with precision, insight, and clarity. Written for the layman but containing exhaustive research, drawings and synopses of typefaces, this book is an essential addition to the library of anyone s typographic library. It is, as Lawson states, not written for the printer convinced that there are already too many typefaces, but rather for that curious part of the population that believes the opposite; that the subtleties of refinement as applies to roman and cursive letters have yet to be fully investigated and that the production of the perfect typeface remains a goal to be as much desired by present as by future type designers. Anyone aspiring to typographic wisdom should own and treasure this classic."--Amazon description. |
From inside the book
85 pages matching American Type in this book
Page 413
Page 414
Page 415
Where's the rest of this book?
Results 1-3 of 85
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Goudy Text and the Blackletter Types | 13 |
Hammer Uncial | 35 |
Copyright | |
31 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQR abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 1234567890 advertising Aldus alphabet American Type Founders appeared Arrighi Baskerville became Bembo Binny black letter Bodoni Bold book type Bookman Bruce Rogers Bulmer called capitals cast Centaur chancery characters Cheltenham Clarendon Cloister copy cursive Daniel Berkeley Updike Didot Dwiggins early edition English Monotype engraver evaluate a type firm fonts foundry Futura Garamond German Giambattista Bodoni gothic Goudy Goudy's Granjon Griffo Hermann Zapf Intertype italic Janson later legibility letter forms Linotype lowercase machine manufacturers Mardersteig Mergenthaler modern newspaper Nicolas Jenson nineteenth century Old Style original Oxford Palatino period phototypesetting Pica Plantin popular Press printers printing types produced published punchcutter revival roman types Ronaldson Rudolf Koch sans serif sans-serif type script specimen book square serifs standard Stanley Morison Stempel strokes type designer type face Type Founders Company typefaces typefounders typefoundry typesetting typographic historian uncial United Updike Vinne William Caslon Zapf