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Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces by Meggs, Philip B.; Carter, Rob

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A book with obvious wear. May have some damage to the cover but integrity still intact. The binding may be slightly damaged but integrity is still intact. Possible writing in margins, possible underlining and highlighting of text, but no missing pages or anything that would compromise the legibility or understanding of the text. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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Binding
Paperback
Weight
2 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
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ISBN
9780471284291
Book Title
Typographic Specimens : the Great Typefaces
Item Length
10.9 in
Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
Publication Year
1993
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
1.3 in
Author
Rob Carter, Philip B. Meggs
Genre
Design
Topic
Graphic Arts / Typography
Item Width
8.3 in
Item Weight
44.9 Oz
Number of Pages
416 Pages

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Specimens of 38 of the finest type families in the world are brought together in Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces, making it an invaluable reference tool for graphic designers, editors, art directors, production managers, desktop publishers, and students. Each type family is shown in display and text specimens with complete fonts including italic and bold variations; extended families such as Futura and Univers include additional type weights and widths. Each type family s section opens with a full-page experimental design, created by an outstanding graphic designer to demonstrate its potential. The specimens are accompanied by a concise discussion of each type familys origins, charactertistics, and usage. Typographic specimens provide an opportunity to study typefaces, to select and plan typography, and to increase one s knowledge of letterforms. Drawing and tracing specimens remain excellent ways to understand type and create logos and other typographic designs. Study of specimens aids in the selection of fonts to be purchased for the font library. Typographic specimens introduce unfamiliar typefaces in printed form and aid in the development of connoisseurship. Comparative analysis of similar faces in printed form becomes possible. Over one hundred prominent designers and design educators were sent a ballot listing all major typefaces and were asked to vote for the type families that best fulfilled their personal criteria for typographic excellence. The typefaces contained in this book represent the results of this poll, providing a compendium of excellent typefaces that have stood the test of time. Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces will provide information, inspiration, and a keener knowledge of typography. Akzidenz-Grotesk American Typewriter Baskerville Bembo Bodoni Bookman Caledonia Caslon Centaur Century Schoolbook Cheltenham Clarendon Didot Folio Franklin Gothic Frutiger Futura Galliard Gill Sans Garamond Goudy Old Style Helvetica Janson Kabel News Gothic Optima Palatino Perpetua Plantin Sabon Serifa Stone Sans Stone Serif Stymie Times New Roman Trump Mediaeval Univers Zapf Book

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
ISBN-10
0471284297
ISBN-13
9780471284291
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1147477

Product Key Features

Book Title
Typographic Specimens : the Great Typefaces
Author
Rob Carter, Philip B. Meggs
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Graphic Arts / Typography
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Design
Number of Pages
416 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
10.9 in
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Width
8.3 in
Item Weight
44.9 Oz

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
Z250.T97 1993
Table of Content
1 Akzidenz-Grotesk Wolfgang Weingart 10 2 American Typewriter Philip Meggs 20 3 Baskerville Keith Jones 30 4 Bembo Jeff Price 40 5 Bodoni Rob Carter 50 6 Bookman Rob Carter 60 7 Caledonia Clifford A. Harvey 70 8 Caslon Paul Rand 80 9 Centaur Bruce Rogers 90 10 Century Schoolbook Philip Meggs 98 11 Cheltenham Kit Hinrichs 108 12 Clarendon Bradbury Thompson 118 13 Didot Ned Drew 128 14 Folio Philip Meggs 138 15 Franklin Gothic Malcolm Grear 150 16 Frutiger Julie Sebastianelli 162 17 Futura John Malinoski 172 18 Galliard Matthew Carter 188 19 Gill Sans Larry Clarkson 198 20 Garamond Paula Scher and Ron Louie 208 21 Goudy Old Style Roger E. Baer 218 22 Helvetica Sandra Wheeler 228 23 Janson Text Christopher Ozubko 244 24 Kabel Douglass Scott 252 25 News Gothic Jeff Barnes 262 26 Optima Hermann Zapf 272 27 Palatino Hermann Zapf 282 28 Perpetua Eve Faulkes 292 29 Plantin Banu Berker 302 30 Sabon Stephen Chovanec 312 31 Serifa Katie Salen 322 32 Stone Sans Brian Wu 332 33 Stone Serif Brian Wu 342 34 Stymie Louise Fili 352 35 Times New Roman David Colley 362 36 Trump Mediaeval Richard Woollacott 372 37 Univers John T. Drew 382 38 Zapf Book Hermann Zapf 400
Copyright Date
1993

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