Alphabets & other signs
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Alphabets & other signs
Thames & Hudson, 1993
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Alphabets and other signs
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Description
This book brings together 130 rare and unusual alphabets, plus a wealth of printers' signs, monograms, logos and trademarks. Containing original essays, pages from "Arts et Metiers Graphiques" - the great pre-war French typography magazine - and many other surprises, it is an unconventional collection of fascinating visual material. Designed for practical and creative use, it should be of interest to artists, poets, typographers and other professionals of the letter, word and sign.
Table of Contents
- An Introduction
- "Arts et Metiers Graphiques"
- French religious and political trademarks
- homage to American typefounders
- other alphabets
- the spirit and the letter
- Meccano alphabets and signs
- ampersands, indicators, fleurons and other printers' cliches
- lettering by hand
- logos and trademarks
- wood types
- advertisements.
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