New vintage type : classic fonts for the digital age
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New vintage type : classic fonts for the digital age
Thames & Hudson, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-191) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. Pomp & Ornament: The Victorian Age
- 2. Slabs & Gothics: The Woodtype Era
- 3. Fashion & Flourish: The Art Deco Style
- 4. Austerity & Monumentality: The Modern Movement
- 5. Excess & Idiosyncrasy: The Eccentric Movement.
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