Words and buildings : the art and practice of public lettering / Jock Kinneir.

Main entry:

Kinneir, Jock.

Title & Author:

Words and buildings : the art and practice of public lettering / Jock Kinneir.

Publication:

New York : Whitney Library of Design ; London : Architectural Press, 1980.

Description:

191 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 189) and index.
Background -- Communication codes -- Importance and early development of the alphabet -- Influence of handwriting -- Technical influences -- Recent developments -- Criteria -- Expressiveness -- Legibility -- Conspicuity -- Letter design -- Word design -- Space design -- Practice -- Flush lettering -- Relief lettering -- Three-dimentsional lettering -- Illuminated lettering -- Integral lettering -- Adjacent lettering -- Mis-en-scene -- Remarkable lettering.

ISBN:

0823074870
9780823074877
0851397247
9780851397245
0851397277

Subject:

Architectural inscriptions.
Inscriptions architecturales.
Buildings Architectural features Lettering Design

Holdings:

Location: Library main 9874
Call No.: W14645; ID:87-B2460
Status: Available

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