Type is Beautiful
The Story of Fifty Remarkable Fonts
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Author
Publication
2016-10-15 - Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Language
English
Word Count
72,000 words, Guess
Page Count
288 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- ISBN-139781851244317
- ISBN-10185124431X
- OCLC Control Number921866075
- Better World Books9781851244317
- Open LibraryOL27705460M
Classifications
- LCCZ250.A2
- LCCZ250.A2 L69 2016
Description
This book traces the history of fifty remarkable fonts. Thoroughly researched and visually exciting, it takes readers through the story of each font’s creation and distinct characteristics, as well as why it succeeded or failed. Some of the fonts were commissioned for major commercial or cultural projects.Other fonts became culturally significant unintentionally. This book gives readers an unforgettable cast of characters, including Johannes Gutenberg, William Caslon, Nicolas Jenson, Stanley Morison, William Morris, and Thomas Cobden-Sanderson, the English artist and bookbinder who famously “bequeathed” the unique metal type created for his failed Doves Press to the Thames, casting the type into the river to prevent its future use.
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