
How Typography Happens
Ruari McLean(Author)
The British Library Publishing Division
Published on 15. October 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
96 pages
978-0-7123-4642-9 (ISBN)
Description
Is typography an art or a science? The gradual tendency of the word "typograph" to mean "typographic design" and the emergence of the typographer as a professional in their own right is examined by Ruari McLean. Looking at the work of well-known typographers in England, Germany, France and the USA, McLean examines the development of typography, starting with in the 17th century with the "Mechanick Exercises" of Joseph Moxon, and progresses to the influences and work of the German typographer Jan Tschichold and his contemporaries.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
British Library Publishing
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
35 b&w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-7123-4642-9 (9780712346429)
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