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Product Description: This book focuses on the letterforms and typography in public places, from road signs to building names, that help us to navigate cities and countryside and contribute to a sense of place. Featuring examples from around the world, the book discusses the function and execution of signage...read more

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9781856695763 | Reprint edition (Laurence King Pub, October 1, 2008), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: This book focuses on the letterforms and typography in public places, from road signs to building names, that help us to navigate cities and countryside and contribute to a sense of place.
9781856693370 | Harper Design Intl, November 1, 2003, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Letterforms surround us: inscriptions or names on buildings, directional signs for road networks, and signs within and around buildings.

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Product Description: • Includes 2 extensive timecharts, one on type designers, one on the evolution of writing and printing—reference at a glance• Newly revised and expanded• Hundreds of remarkable photographs and illustrationsFrom the history of language and writing systems, to the development of letterforms and movable type, to the evolution of today’s digital systems, Type and Typography offers an overview of the typefaces available today and a practical guide to using type as a meaningful element of design in all mediums...read more

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9780823055289, titled "Type And Typography" | 2 edition (Watson-Guptill Pubns, October 1, 2005), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: • Includes 2 extensive timecharts, one on type designers, one on the evolution of writing and printing—reference at a glance• Newly revised and expanded• Hundreds of remarkable photographs and illustrationsFrom the history of language and writing systems, to the development of letterforms and movable type, to the evolution of today’s digital systems, Type and Typography offers an overview of the typefaces available today and a practical guide to using type as a meaningful element of design in all mediums.
9780823055241 | Watson-Guptill Pubns, July 1, 2002, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: • Includes 2 extensive timecharts, one on type designers, one on the evolution of writing and printing—reference at a glance• Newly revised and expanded• Hundreds of remarkable photographs and illustrationsFrom the history of language and writing systems, to the development of letterforms and movable type, to the evolution of today’s digital systems, Type and Typography offers an overview of the typefaces available today and a practical guide to using type as a meaningful element of design in all mediums.

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