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Genre/Form: | History Specimens Spécimens |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Carolyn Annand; Philip B Meggs; Roy McKelvey; Ben Day |
ISBN: | 1883915082 9781883915087 |
OCLC Number: | 44918915 |
Notes: | "A Print Magazine publication"--Cover. |
Credits: | At foot of cover: A Print Magazine publication. |
Description: | vii, 183 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
Contents: | Prologue: What makes a typeface a classic? -- Introduction: Esthetics, technology, and marketing in the evolution of typeface designs -- Major Typefaces and Their Digital Forms -- Ancient Inscriptions / Janet Horst -- Baskerville / John Dixon -- Bembo / Julie L. Rabun -- Bodoni and Didot / Roy McKelvey -- Caslon / Philip B. Meggs -- Centaur / Sheilah M. Barrett -- Century / Carolyn Annand -- Clarendons / Pornprapha Phatanateacha -- Cheltenham / Bonnie Hamalainen -- Egyptians / Shih-Tien Yang -- Franklin Gothic / Ansel M. Olson -- Garamond and Galliard / David Steadman -- Geometric Sans Serifs / Jarik van Sluijs -- Grotesques / Charley Foley -- Helvetica and Meta / Leland M. Hill -- Humanist Sans Serifs / Jamie M. Barnett -- Jenson / Sheilah M. Barrett -- Renaissance Inscriptions / Julie L. Rabun -- Times Roman / Mary Beth Henry -- Univers and Frutiger / Jennifer Gibson. |
Responsibility: | essays by Carolyn Annand [and others] ; edited by Philip B. Meggs and Roy McKelvey ; design consultant Ben Day. |
Abstract:
An exploration of the proliferation of contemporary versions of the great classic typefaces. Illustrated with digital versions of Bodoni, Caslon, Baskerville and others, these faces are contrasted with their mechanical originals. Also included are interviews with leading typeface revivalists.
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