A successor to 'An Atlas of Typeforms', this title includes nearly 75 different types typography in their original metal forms. By including photographs of architectural and vernacular forms of lettering, it explores the correlation between the printed letterform and its parallel form in sculpture, engraving and other public spaces.

Traces the development of Futuristic typography, and describes examples of around eighty Futurist books or other designs for print, including translations, so that an understanding of this language, and of Futurist typography, emerges.

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Product Description: The profound changes in Britain since 1945 have inevitably reflected on the art of publishing. In this work Alan Bartram sets the current publishing scene in the context of the best practice of the last fifty years. While emphasizing that a satisfying book is the result of teamwork between author, editor, designer and printer, Bartram is mainly concerned with its design, and the creative process that ends with a book that is not only elegant, but has high standards of readability...read more