| Description |
xi, 275 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Aesthetics: on form and expression -- 2. Criticism: type as discourse -- 3. Anatomy: understanding typefaces -- 4. Movement: defining modernism -- 5. Practice: how type works -- 6. Reflections: type and passion |
| Summary |
This riveting compilation presents more than fifty texts, familiar and rare, about the history, aesthetics, and practice of type design and typography. The editors have assembled an anthology that collectively embodies the aesthetic temperaments of the critics, historians, and type designers of the twentieth century |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Graphic design (Typography)
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Type and type-founding.
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| Author |
Heller, Steven, editor
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Meggs, Philip B., editor
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| LC no. |
2001018211 |
| ISBN |
1581150822 (paperback) |
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9781581150827 |
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