Anatomy of a typeface
por Lawson, Alexander
- Usado
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
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- ISBN 10
- 0241129435
- ISBN 13
- 9780241129432
- Livreiro
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Galway, Ireland
Formas de pagamento
Sobre este item
London : Hamish Hamilton, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 428 p. : ill. Notes: Includes bibliography, index. Contents: Goudy text and black-letter types -- Hammer Uncial -- Cloister Old Style -- Centaur -- Bembo -- Arrighi -- Dante -- Goudy Old Style -- Palatino -- Garamond -- Galliard -- Granjon -- Sabon -- Janson -- Caslon -- Baskerville -- Bodoni -- Bulmer -- Bell -- Oxford -- Caledonia -- Cheltenham -- Bookman -- Times Roman -- Newspaper types -- Franklin Gothic and the twentieth century gothics -- Calrendon and the square-serif revival -- Optima and the humanist sans-serif types -- Futura and the geometric sans-serif types -- Script, cursive and decorated types -- Type making from punch to computer. Subjects: Typefaces Lettering; Printing; Specimens; Periodicals Publishing; Typefaces; Type and type-founding; Typograph; Letter; Forms; Printing; Development; Study; Analysis; Design.
Sinopse
Anatomy of a Typeface is a book on typefaces written by Alexander Lawson. The book is notable for devoting entire chapters to the development and uses of individual or small groupings of typefaces. Beyond Anatomy of a Typeface Lawson has considered and discussed the classification of types. Within Anatomy, Lawson arranges the typefaces by classification.
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Detalhes
- Livreiro
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 389986
- Título
- Anatomy of a typeface
- Autor
- Lawson, Alexander
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado
- Quantidade Disponível
- 1
- Edição
- 1st edition
- ISBN 10
- 0241129435
- ISBN 13
- 9780241129432
- Editorial
- London : Hamish Hamilton
- Data de publicação
- 1990
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