by Gail Anderson (Author), Gail Anderson (Author), Steven Heller (Author)
Here is a lively and lighthearted survey that looks at the role that old and classic fonts - from letterpress to slab serifs and beyond - play in contemporary graphic design.Written and compiled by the world's leading graphic-design historian, the book provides hundreds of examples, as well as informed texts that will entertain, edify and inspire a new generation of students and practitioners to appreciate that the past contains typographic riches for the future.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: 01
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
Published: 16 Feb 2009
ISBN 10: 0500288186
ISBN 13: 9780500288184
Book Overview: A lively and lighthearted survey that looks at the role that old and classic fonts play in contemporary graphic design