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Tholenaar, Jan.

Type : = a visual history of typefaces and graphic styles, 1628-1938 /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Type :/ edited by Cees W. de Jong ; with texts by Jan Tholenaar, Cees W. de Jong and Alston W. Purvis.
Reminder of title:	a visual history of typefaces and graphic styles, 1628-1938 /
other author:	Tholenaar, Jan.
Published:	Koln :Taschen, : c2017.,
Description:	720 p. :ill. (chiefly col.) ; : 33 cm.;
Notes:	Includes index.
Subject:	Type and type-founding - History. -
ISBN:	3836565889 (cloth) :

Type : = a visual history of typefaces and graphic styles, 1628-1938 /
Type :a visual history of typefaces and graphic styles, 1628-1938 /edited by Cees W. de Jong ; with texts by Jan Tholenaar, Cees W. de Jong and Alston W. Purvis. - Koln :Taschen,c2017. - 720 p. :ill. (chiefly col.) ;33 cm.

Includes index.

For The Love of Letters. A history of fonts and graphic styles from 1628 to 1938. This comprehensive book offers athorough overview of typeface design from 1628 to the mid-20th century. Derived from a distinguished Dutch collection, a series of exquisitely designed catalogues trace the evolution of the printed letter via specimens inroman, italic, bold, semibold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters, and decorations are also included, along with lithographic examples, letters by sign writers, inscription carvers, and calligraphers. The first part of the book covers pre-20th century typeface, with texts by editor Cees de Jong and collector Jan Tholenaar. The second part covers the period from 1900to the mid-20th century, and contains a historical outlineby Alston W. Purvis. Featured type designers include: William Caslon, Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke, Peter Behrens, Rudolf Koch, Eric Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Paul Renner, Jan Tschichold, A. M. Cassandre, Aldo Novarese, and Adrian Frutiger.

Parallel texts in English, German, and French.

ISBN: 3836565889 (cloth) :NT2099Subjects--Topical Terms:

595509
Type and type-founding
--History.

LC Class. No.: Z250.A2 / T953 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 686.2/2409

Type : = a visual history of typefaces and graphic styles, 1628-1938 /
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