The Essential Type Directory – A Sourcebook of Over 1,800 Typefaces and Their Histories 1st Edition

The Essential Type Directory – A Sourcebook of Over 1,800 Typefaces and Their Histories 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780762468171,9780762468515,0762468173,0762468513

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0762468513
• ISBN-13: 9780762468515
• Author: Peter Dawson

The most comprehensive, practical, and beautiful directory of type, organized by type category — Serif, San Serif, Display, and Script — and covering all styles throughout history. The Essential Type Directory offers 1,800 examples of the best in type design, spanning almost 600 years of design history. From classics such as Garamond, Baskerville, Futura, and Helvetica, to more idiosyncratic recent creations such as Gotham and Filosofia, The Essential Type Directory features illuminating profiles of the most important and influential typefaces ever created. Organized by type category-Serif, Sans Serif, Display, and Script-each typeface is presented in uppercase and lowercase alphabetical letters, along with numbers, key punctuation marks, and symbols. This comprehensive guide also features profiles and interviews with leading designers and type foundries, as well as inspirational examples of graphic designs using specific typefaces.

Table contents:

1. Epigraph
2. About the Book
3. Glossary
4. Serif
5. Calligraphic
6. Clarendon Serif
7. Geometric Slab Serif
8. Glyphic
9. Humanist
10. Humanist Slab Serif
11. Modern / Didone
12. Old Style
13. Transitional
14. Sans Serif
15. Geometric
16. Grotesque / Neo-Grotesque
17. Humanist
18. Monospaced
19. Square Sans
20. Display
21. Amorphous
22. Bitmap
23. Decorative
24. Distressed
25. Dot
26. Fat Face
27. Geometric
28. Italienne
29. Open Face
30. Sans Serif
31. Serif
32. Slab Serif / Egyptian
33. Square Sans
34. Stencil
35. Tuscan
36. Script
37. Blackletter
38. Calligraphic
39. Casual Script
40. Formal
41. Handwriting

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