Type specimens : a visual history of typesetting and printing / Dori Griffin.
Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021Description: pages cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: 22144059ISBN: 9781350116603; 9781350116597Subject(s): Type and type-founding -- Specimens | Typesetting -- History | Typesetting -- History -- Pictorial works | Printing -- History | Printing -- History -- Pictorial worksAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Type specimensDDC classification: 686.2/24 LOC classification: Z250 | G85 2021Summary: "This richly illustrated book guides readers through four centuries of visual and trade history, equipping them to contextualize the aesthetics and production of typography in a way that is practical, engaging, and relevant to their practice. It is fully illustrated throughout with 200 color images of type specimens and related ephemera, and written for design educators, advanced design students, design practitioners, and type aficionados"-- Provided by publisher.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| 686.22 GAL Une initiation a la typographie = An initiation in typography = Eine Einführung die Typographie / | 686.22 GOR Decorative typography | 686.22 GRA Artistype | 686.22 GRI Type specimens : a visual history of typesetting and printing / | 686.22 GUI A homage to typography / | 686.22 HAL Typographic milestones | 686.22 HAR 1000 type treatments : from script to serif, letterforms used to perfection / |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Type Specimens introduces readers to the history of typography and printing through a chronological visual tour of the books, posters, and ephemera designed to sell fonts to printers, publishers, and eventually graphic designers.
This richly illustrated book guides design educators, advanced design students, design practitioners, and type aficionados through four centuries of visual and trade history, equipping them to contextualize the aesthetics and production of type in a way that is practical, engaging, and relevant to their practice.
Fully illustrated throughout with 200 color images of type specimens and related ephemera, the book illuminates the broader history of typography and printing, showing how letterforms and their technologies have evolved over time, inspiring and guiding designers of today.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This richly illustrated book guides readers through four centuries of visual and trade history, equipping them to contextualize the aesthetics and production of typography in a way that is practical, engaging, and relevant to their practice. It is fully illustrated throughout with 200 color images of type specimens and related ephemera, and written for design educators, advanced design students, design practitioners, and type aficionados"-- Provided by publisher.
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