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- catalog abstract ""To the layman, all printing types look the same. But for typographers, graphic artists and others of that lunatic fringe who believe that the letters we look at daily (and take entirely for granted) are of profound importance, the question of how letters are formed, what shape they assume, and how they have evolved remains one of passionate and continuing concern. Lawson explores the vast territory of types, their development and uses, their antecedents and offspring, with precision, insight, and clarity. Written for the layman but containing exhaustive research, drawings and synopses of typefaces, this book is an essential addition to the library of anyone's typographic library. It is, as Lawson states, 'not written for the printer convinced that there are already too many typefaces, but rather for that curious part of the population that believes the opposite; that the subtleties of refinement as applies to roman and cursive letters have yet to be fully investigated and that the production of the perfect typeface remains a goal to be as much desired by present as by future type designers.' Anyone aspiring to typographic wisdom should own and treasure this classic."-- Publisher's website.".
- catalog contributor b2744126.
- catalog coverage "United States Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog created "1990.".
- catalog date "1990".
- catalog date "1990.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1990.".
- catalog description ""To the layman, all printing types look the same. But for typographers, graphic artists and others of that lunatic fringe who believe that the letters we look at daily (and take entirely for granted) are of profound importance, the question of how letters are formed, what shape they assume, and how they have evolved remains one of passionate and continuing concern. Lawson explores the vast territory of types, their development and uses, their antecedents and offspring, with precision, insight, and clarity. Written for the layman but containing exhaustive research, drawings and synopses of typefaces, this book is an essential addition to the library of anyone's typographic library. It is, as Lawson states, 'not written for the printer convinced that there are already too many typefaces, but rather for that curious part of the population that believes the opposite; that the subtleties of refinement as applies to roman and cursive letters have yet to be fully investigated and that the production of the perfect typeface remains a goal to be as much desired by present as by future type designers.' Anyone aspiring to typographic wisdom should own and treasure this classic."-- Publisher's website.".
- catalog description "Goudy text and the black-letter types -- Hammer Uncial -- Cloister Old Style -- Centaur -- Bembo -- Arrighi -- Dante -- Goudy Old Style -- Palatino -- Garamond -- Galliard -- Granjon -- Sabon -- Janson -- Caslon -- Baskerville -- Bodoni -- Bulmer -- Bell -- Oxford -- Caledonia -- Cheltenham -- Bookman -- Times Roman -- Newspaper types -- Franklin Gothic and the Twentieth-century Gothics -- Clarendon and the Square-serif Revival -- Optima and the Humanist Sans-serif types -- Futura and the Geometric Sans-serif types -- Script, Cursive, and Decorated types -- Type making from punch to computer.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-411) and index.".
- catalog extent "428 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Anatomy of a typeface.".
- catalog identifier "087923332X :".
- catalog identifier "0879233338 (softcover)".
- catalog identifier "9780879233327".
- catalog identifier "9780879233334 (sortcover)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Anatomy of a typeface.".
- catalog issued "1990".
- catalog issued "1990.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : David R. Godine,".
- catalog relation "Anatomy of a typeface.".
- catalog spatial "United States Massachusetts Boston.".
- catalog subject "686.2/24 19".
- catalog subject "Printing Specimens.".
- catalog subject "Type and type-founding.".
- catalog subject "Z250 .L34 1987".
- catalog tableOfContents "Goudy text and the black-letter types -- Hammer Uncial -- Cloister Old Style -- Centaur -- Bembo -- Arrighi -- Dante -- Goudy Old Style -- Palatino -- Garamond -- Galliard -- Granjon -- Sabon -- Janson -- Caslon -- Baskerville -- Bodoni -- Bulmer -- Bell -- Oxford -- Caledonia -- Cheltenham -- Bookman -- Times Roman -- Newspaper types -- Franklin Gothic and the Twentieth-century Gothics -- Clarendon and the Square-serif Revival -- Optima and the Humanist Sans-serif types -- Futura and the Geometric Sans-serif types -- Script, Cursive, and Decorated types -- Type making from punch to computer.".
- catalog title "Anatomy of a typeface / Alexander Lawson.".
- catalog type "text".