Author: Various
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
"Books and Printing; a Treasury for Typophiles" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Books and Printing; a Treasury for Typophiles
Author: Various
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
"Books and Printing; a Treasury for Typophiles" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
"Books and Printing; a Treasury for Typophiles" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
A Bibliographic History of the Book
Author: Joseph Rosenblum
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810830097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
"...skillfully compiled...should be useful to anyone interested in placing his or her studies in the context of printed and bound literature..." --ENGLISH LITERATURE IN TRANSITION 1880-1920
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 9780810830097
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
"...skillfully compiled...should be useful to anyone interested in placing his or her studies in the context of printed and bound literature..." --ENGLISH LITERATURE IN TRANSITION 1880-1920
Index to Books and Printing, a Treasury for Typophiles, Edited by Paul A. Bennett
Author: Harold R. Jenkins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book design
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Book design
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
The Broadview Reader in Book History
Author: Michelle Levy
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1554810884
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Book History has emerged as one of the most exciting new interdisciplinary fields of study in the humanities. By focusing on the production, circulation and reception of the book in all its forms, it has transformed the study of history, literature and culture. The Broadview Book History Reader is the most complete and up-to-date introduction available to this area of study. The reader reprints 33 key essays in the field, grouped conceptually and provided with headnotes, explanatory footnotes, an introduction, a chronology, and a glossary of terms.
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1554810884
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 650
Book Description
Book History has emerged as one of the most exciting new interdisciplinary fields of study in the humanities. By focusing on the production, circulation and reception of the book in all its forms, it has transformed the study of history, literature and culture. The Broadview Book History Reader is the most complete and up-to-date introduction available to this area of study. The reader reprints 33 key essays in the field, grouped conceptually and provided with headnotes, explanatory footnotes, an introduction, a chronology, and a glossary of terms.
Beauty and the Book
Author: Megan Benton
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300082135
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
After World War I, the US was flooded with newspapers, magazines, radio stations and movies. Many feared serious books would disappear altogether. The concern caused a boom in fine editions, valued for beauty, craftsmanship or rarity, rather than content, and this is their story.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300082135
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
After World War I, the US was flooded with newspapers, magazines, radio stations and movies. Many feared serious books would disappear altogether. The concern caused a boom in fine editions, valued for beauty, craftsmanship or rarity, rather than content, and this is their story.
Books and Printing: a Treasury for Typophiles
Author: Paul A. Bennett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Now reprinted in softcover on account of popular demand, Books and Printing -- the text of which is composed in twenty-one different typefaces -- is a miscellany of articles by the foremost practitioners of the art of bookmaking.The forty-two contributions in the book have a great deal to say to the admirer of beautiful books and to the student of typography on the subject of book design. Some of the subjects included, among others, are printers' marks, the private press, the fine art of printing, type ornament, calligraphy and lettering, the ideal book, and thc love of printing. As the editor writes in the introduction: In selecting material of appeal to the collector, printer, typographer, and student, I have not overlooked the professional curiosity of editors.... Where there was a choice, the preference was for the author with a point of view and the ability to express it interestingly.Anyone who has any urge to know what lies behind the making of a book, or about the art of printing in general, will find this fascinating reading.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
Now reprinted in softcover on account of popular demand, Books and Printing -- the text of which is composed in twenty-one different typefaces -- is a miscellany of articles by the foremost practitioners of the art of bookmaking.The forty-two contributions in the book have a great deal to say to the admirer of beautiful books and to the student of typography on the subject of book design. Some of the subjects included, among others, are printers' marks, the private press, the fine art of printing, type ornament, calligraphy and lettering, the ideal book, and thc love of printing. As the editor writes in the introduction: In selecting material of appeal to the collector, printer, typographer, and student, I have not overlooked the professional curiosity of editors.... Where there was a choice, the preference was for the author with a point of view and the ability to express it interestingly.Anyone who has any urge to know what lies behind the making of a book, or about the art of printing in general, will find this fascinating reading.
Type Matters
Author: Christopher Scott Wyatt
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
ISBN: 1602359784
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Pending
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
ISBN: 1602359784
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Pending
A Concise Bibliography for Students of English
Author: Arthur Garfield Kennedy
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
An A-Z of Type Designers
Author: Neil Macmillan
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 1856693953
Category : Type and type-founding
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This illustrated A-Z features outstanding type designers from around the world, from Gutenberg to the present day. Arranged alphabetically by designer's name, the book contains over 260 biographical profiles. Entries are illustrated by key typefaces taken from a wide range of sources, including type specimens, original posters, private press editions and magazine covers, and also give a list of work and, where applicable, further reading references and a website address. An essential reference for typographers, graphic designers and students, the book also features a full index and eight short texts by leading typographers - Jonathan Barnbrook, Erik van Blokland, Clive Bruton, John Downer, John Hudson, Jean Francois Porchez, Erik Spiekermann and Jeremy Tankard - that cover a variety of different aspects of type design, including typeface revivals, font piracy, designing fonts for corporate identities and the role of nationality in type design.
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
ISBN: 1856693953
Category : Type and type-founding
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
This illustrated A-Z features outstanding type designers from around the world, from Gutenberg to the present day. Arranged alphabetically by designer's name, the book contains over 260 biographical profiles. Entries are illustrated by key typefaces taken from a wide range of sources, including type specimens, original posters, private press editions and magazine covers, and also give a list of work and, where applicable, further reading references and a website address. An essential reference for typographers, graphic designers and students, the book also features a full index and eight short texts by leading typographers - Jonathan Barnbrook, Erik van Blokland, Clive Bruton, John Downer, John Hudson, Jean Francois Porchez, Erik Spiekermann and Jeremy Tankard - that cover a variety of different aspects of type design, including typeface revivals, font piracy, designing fonts for corporate identities and the role of nationality in type design.
Letters of Credit
Author: Walter Tracy
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567922400
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The revolution in typesetting - a revolution that over the past two decades has eliminated a five-hundred-year-old system of hot metal production and replaced it with one of photo-generated and computer-driven composition - shows no sign of winding down. This book, more than any other we know, traces the steps that went into that revolution and simultaneously makes the argument that the letter forms themselves are in process of evolution. Tracy argues that, whether they are of the sixteenth or the twentieth century, the forms that comprise our alphabet are subject to the same rules of good taste, proportion, and clarity that have always obtained. But what we face today is vastly different from fifty years ago. For the first time, new technology has made the proliferation (and, as some would maintain, debasement) of letter forms fast and easy (or quick and dirty.) With fifty years of professional experience on both sides of the Atlantic (including thirty years as head of type design for the British Linotype Company), Tracy is in a unique position to make this argument and arrive at his sad conclusion: the design of distinguished, contemporary typefaces is far outnumbered by the mediocre and downright bad. Part of the reason for this deplorable deterioration is a lack of critical analysis of the particular esthetics involved. This step-by-step examination of type-design esthetics is precisely what Tracy provides here, while avoiding both the promoter's hype and the manufacturer's claims. Here are the gut issues of what makes type good or bad, legible or unreadable. Extensively illustrated with both typefaces and line drawings, this book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in thehistory of letters or in the artistry and peculiar problems that lie behind their production.
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567922400
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
The revolution in typesetting - a revolution that over the past two decades has eliminated a five-hundred-year-old system of hot metal production and replaced it with one of photo-generated and computer-driven composition - shows no sign of winding down. This book, more than any other we know, traces the steps that went into that revolution and simultaneously makes the argument that the letter forms themselves are in process of evolution. Tracy argues that, whether they are of the sixteenth or the twentieth century, the forms that comprise our alphabet are subject to the same rules of good taste, proportion, and clarity that have always obtained. But what we face today is vastly different from fifty years ago. For the first time, new technology has made the proliferation (and, as some would maintain, debasement) of letter forms fast and easy (or quick and dirty.) With fifty years of professional experience on both sides of the Atlantic (including thirty years as head of type design for the British Linotype Company), Tracy is in a unique position to make this argument and arrive at his sad conclusion: the design of distinguished, contemporary typefaces is far outnumbered by the mediocre and downright bad. Part of the reason for this deplorable deterioration is a lack of critical analysis of the particular esthetics involved. This step-by-step examination of type-design esthetics is precisely what Tracy provides here, while avoiding both the promoter's hype and the manufacturer's claims. Here are the gut issues of what makes type good or bad, legible or unreadable. Extensively illustrated with both typefaces and line drawings, this book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in thehistory of letters or in the artistry and peculiar problems that lie behind their production.