
Typefaces for Books
New Amsterdam Books (Publisher)
Published on 21. June 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-56131-017-3 (ISBN)
Description
This much-needed book serves the practical requirements of all those who specify type for books, whether they are art directors, editors, designers or printers. More than a hundred currently available filmset typefaces are presented here in large-format, double-page specimen settings, in various sizings and spacings. Also shown are display fonts in useful sizes, with bold, roman, italic, small caps and figures. These pages, with their accompanying cast-off and copy-fitting tables, are invaluable as ready-reference sources. The authors also provide a substantial introduction, including notes on the technical and visual development of typefaces; a comprehensive 'family tree' of types shown in relation to their historical models; and a long, illustrated essay in which many examples of widely varying typographic problems and their solution--sall of them relevant to the book designer's work today--are identified and discussed.
Reviews / Votes
It is more worthy of a place at the designer's elbow than any other book on the market... * The Bookseller *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 267 mm
Width: 258 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
1411 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56131-017-3 (9781561310173)
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