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This fascinating tour through typographic history provides a visually rich exploration of digital type revival. Many typefaces from the pre-digital past have been reinvented for use on computers and mobile devices, while other new font designs are revivals of letterforms, drawn from inscriptions, calligraphic manuals, posters, and book jackets. "Revival type" deftly(...)
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This fascinating tour through typographic history provides a visually rich exploration of digital type revival. Many typefaces from the pre-digital past have been reinvented for use on computers and mobile devices, while other new font designs are revivals of letterforms, drawn from inscriptions, calligraphic manuals, posters, and book jackets. "Revival type" deftly(...)
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Revival type: digital typefaces inspired by the past
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This fascinating tour through typographic history provides a visually rich exploration of digital type revival. Many typefaces from the pre-digital past have been reinvented for use on computers and mobile devices, while other new font designs are revivals of letterforms, drawn from inscriptions, calligraphic manuals, posters, and book jackets. "Revival type" deftly introduces these fonts, many of which are widely used, and engagingly tells their stories.
Revival type: digital typefaces inspired by the past
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This fascinating tour through typographic history provides a visually rich exploration of digital type revival. Many typefaces from the pre-digital past have been reinvented for use on computers and mobile devices, while other new font designs are revivals of letterforms, drawn from inscriptions, calligraphic manuals, posters, and book jackets. "Revival type" deftly introduces these fonts, many of which are widely used, and engagingly tells their stories.
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April 2017
April 2017
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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The essays in "Blackletter" investigate the rise and fall of blackletter type, examining its uses and cultural significance at various points throughout history, including the Reformation, the Weimar Republic, the (...)
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The essays in "Blackletter" investigate the rise and fall of blackletter type, examining its uses and cultural significance at various points throughout history, including the Reformation, the Weimar Republic, the (...)
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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March 1998, New York
March 1998, New York
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Blackletter : type and national identity
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The essays in "Blackletter" investigate the rise and fall of blackletter type, examining its uses and cultural significance at various points throughout history, including the Reformation, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, and the post-Berlin Wall period.
Blackletter : type and national identity
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The essays in "Blackletter" investigate the rise and fall of blackletter type, examining its uses and cultural significance at various points throughout history, including the Reformation, the Weimar Republic, the Nazi regime, and the post-Berlin Wall period.
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March 1998, New York
March 1998, New York
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colors, and messages.Efforts to untangle this visual mess began in the mid-1960s, when the city transit authority hired a design firm to create a clear and consistent sign system. We can see the results today in the white-on-black signs(...)
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For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colors, and messages.Efforts to untangle this visual mess began in the mid-1960s, when the city transit authority hired a design firm to create a clear and consistent sign system. We can see the results today in the white-on-black signs(...)
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Helvetica and the New York city subway system
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For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colors, and messages.Efforts to untangle this visual mess began in the mid-1960s, when the city transit authority hired a design firm to create a clear and consistent sign system. We can see the results today in the white-on-black signs throughout the subway system, displaying station names, directions, and instructions in crisp Helvetica. This book tells the story of how typographic order triumphed over chaos. The author describes the slow typographic changeover, supplementing his text with images—photographs, sketches, type samples, and documents.
Helvetica and the New York city subway system
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For years, the signs in the New York City subway system were a bewildering hodge-podge of lettering styles, sizes, shapes, materials, colors, and messages.Efforts to untangle this visual mess began in the mid-1960s, when the city transit authority hired a design firm to create a clear and consistent sign system. We can see the results today in the white-on-black signs throughout the subway system, displaying station names, directions, and instructions in crisp Helvetica. This book tells the story of how typographic order triumphed over chaos. The author describes the slow typographic changeover, supplementing his text with images—photographs, sketches, type samples, and documents.
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March 2011
March 2011
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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Despite the modern ascendance of the sans serif, serif typefaces, most notably Times Roman, still dominate printed matter and retain a strong presence in screen-based communication. The Eternal Letter is an illustrated examination of the enduring influence of, and many variations on, the classical Roman capital letter.
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Despite the modern ascendance of the sans serif, serif typefaces, most notably Times Roman, still dominate printed matter and retain a strong presence in screen-based communication. The Eternal Letter is an illustrated examination of the enduring influence of, and many variations on, the classical Roman capital letter.
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The eternal letter : two millennia of the classical Roman capital
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Despite the modern ascendance of the sans serif, serif typefaces, most notably Times Roman, still dominate printed matter and retain a strong presence in screen-based communication. The Eternal Letter is an illustrated examination of the enduring influence of, and many variations on, the classical Roman capital letter.
The eternal letter : two millennia of the classical Roman capital
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Despite the modern ascendance of the sans serif, serif typefaces, most notably Times Roman, still dominate printed matter and retain a strong presence in screen-based communication. The Eternal Letter is an illustrated examination of the enduring influence of, and many variations on, the classical Roman capital letter.
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March 2015
March 2015
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
