
Drawing on Type
Frank Newfeld(Author)
Porcupine's Quill Inc.,Canada (Publisher)
Published on 1. August 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-88984-304-2 (ISBN)
Description
"Drawing on Type" is the life-story of one of Canada's more colourful book-world characters -- Frank Newfeld, designer, illustrator and storyteller extraordinaire. It is a wide-ranging account, beginning with Newfeld's youth in England during the Second World War and leading to his involvement in the book trade in Canada. Eventually becoming Art Director, and subsequently, Vice-President of Publishing at McClelland & Stewart, he went on to co-found the Society of Typographic Designers of Canada (now the Graphic Designers of Canada), and to run the illustration program at Sheridan College. Newfeld pulls no punches: he is critical of a college system that infantalizes its students; of childrens'-book illustrators that insult young readers' intelligence; of authors, artists, designers and editors who condescend to their collaborators. Yet he is as unflinching in his evaluations of himself as he is in his evaluations of others, for "Drawing on Type" is also a reckoning of self.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Ontario
Canada
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88984-304-2 (9780889843042)
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