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Anatomy of a typeface. Alexander Lawson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Hamish Hamilton, 1990.Description: [416]pISBN:
  • 9780241129432 :
  • 9780879233334
  • 0241129435 (inb.) ;
  • 9780241129432 (inb.)
  • 0241132673 (hft.)
  • 9780241132678 (hft.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 686.224 LAW
LOC classification:
  • Z250
Contents:
1.Goudy text and the black-letter types -- 2.Hammer unical -- 3.Cloister Old style -- 4.Centaur -- 5.Bembo -- 6.Arrighi -- 7.Dante -- 8.Goudy old style -- 9.Palatino -- 10.Garamond -- 11.Galliard -- 12.Granjon -- 13.Sabon -- 14.Janson -- 15.Caslon -- 16.Baskerville -- 17.Bodoni -- 18.Bulmer -- 19.Bell -- 20.Oxford -- 21.Caledonia -- 22.Cheltenham -- 23. Bookman -- 24.Times Roman -- 25.Newspaper types -- 26.Franklin Gothic and the twentieth-century Gothics -- 27.Clarendon and the Square-serif revival -- 28.Optima and the Humanist Sans-serif types -- 30.Script, cursive, and decorated types -- 31.Type making from punch to computer.
Summary: A survey of type faces which assesses their development from Gothic black letter to photo-composition and computer-generated forms. The book divides the faces into families and traces contemporary faces like Galliard and Janson back to their ancestors.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 686.224 LAW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00212286

Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-411) and index.

1.Goudy text and the black-letter types -- 2.Hammer unical -- 3.Cloister Old style -- 4.Centaur -- 5.Bembo -- 6.Arrighi -- 7.Dante -- 8.Goudy old style -- 9.Palatino -- 10.Garamond -- 11.Galliard -- 12.Granjon -- 13.Sabon -- 14.Janson -- 15.Caslon -- 16.Baskerville -- 17.Bodoni -- 18.Bulmer -- 19.Bell -- 20.Oxford -- 21.Caledonia -- 22.Cheltenham -- 23. Bookman -- 24.Times Roman -- 25.Newspaper types -- 26.Franklin Gothic and the twentieth-century Gothics -- 27.Clarendon and the Square-serif revival -- 28.Optima and the Humanist Sans-serif types -- 30.Script, cursive, and decorated types -- 31.Type making from punch to computer.

A survey of type faces which assesses their development from Gothic black letter to photo-composition and computer-generated forms. The book divides the faces into families and traces contemporary faces like Galliard and Janson back to their ancestors.

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