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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Taplinger Pub Co
Publication date
June 1, 1987
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780800879167
ISBN-10
0800879163
Dimensions
0.75 by 9.50 by 10 in.
Weight
1.80 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$24.95
Other format details
reference
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century. Although the skeleton shapes of the letters of our alphabet hardly change, many skilled type designers have devoted much time, sometimes their whole lives, to drawing different versions of the outlines. This book serves as an introduction to the concept of typefaces and to some of the personalities who have created them - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Gill, Morison, Van Krimpen, Trump, Tschichold, Frutiger, and Zapf - and places them in the context of the enormous changes that have occurred the 20th century in the methods of creating and setting type.
Editions
Hardcover
Subsequent edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (June 1, 1995); titled "Twentieth-Century Type Designers"
9780393701999 | details & prices | 9.25 × 10.00 × 1.00 in. | 2.10 lbs | List price $35.00
About: This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century.
About: This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Taplinger Pub Co (June 1, 1987)
9780800879167 | details & prices | 9.50 × 10.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $24.95
About: This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century.
About: This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century.
Paperback
from David R Godine Pub (April 1, 1994)
9780879239220 | details & prices | List price $25.00
About: This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century.
About: This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century.
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