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Typefaces for Books

Typefaces for Books

James Sutton
3/5 ( ratings)
This much-needed book serves the practical requirements of all those who specify type for books, whether they are art directors, editors, designers or printers. More than a hundred currently available filmset typefaces are presented here in large-format, double-page specimen settings, in various sizings and spacings. Also shown are display fonts in useful sizes, with bold, roman, italic, small caps and figures. These pages, with their accompanying cast-off and copy-fitting tables, are invaluable as ready-reference sources. The authors also provide a substantial introduction, including notes on the technical and visual development of typefaces; a comprehensive "family tree" of types shown in relation to their historical models; and a long, illustrated essay in which many examples of widely varying typographic problems and their solution sall of them relevant to the book designer's work today are identified and discussed.
Language
English
Pages
288
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books
Release
April 21, 1998
ISBN
1561310166
ISBN 13
9781561310166

Typefaces for Books

James Sutton
3/5 ( ratings)
This much-needed book serves the practical requirements of all those who specify type for books, whether they are art directors, editors, designers or printers. More than a hundred currently available filmset typefaces are presented here in large-format, double-page specimen settings, in various sizings and spacings. Also shown are display fonts in useful sizes, with bold, roman, italic, small caps and figures. These pages, with their accompanying cast-off and copy-fitting tables, are invaluable as ready-reference sources. The authors also provide a substantial introduction, including notes on the technical and visual development of typefaces; a comprehensive "family tree" of types shown in relation to their historical models; and a long, illustrated essay in which many examples of widely varying typographic problems and their solution sall of them relevant to the book designer's work today are identified and discussed.
Language
English
Pages
288
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books
Release
April 21, 1998
ISBN
1561310166
ISBN 13
9781561310166

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