Type Specimens
Type Specimens

Author: Dori Griffin

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-12-30

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1350116610

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Type Specimens introduces readers to the history of typography and printing through a chronological visual tour of the books, posters, and ephemera designed to sell fonts to printers, publishers, and eventually graphic designers. This richly illustrated book guides design educators, advanced design students, design practitioners, and type aficionados through four centuries of visual and trade history, equipping them to contextualize the aesthetics and production of type in a way that is practical, engaging, and relevant to their practice. Fully illustrated throughout with 200 color images of type specimens and related ephemera, the book illuminates the broader history of typography and printing, showing how letterforms and their technologies have evolved over time, inspiring and guiding designers of today.

Historic Alphabets & Initials, Woodcut & Ornamental
Historic Alphabets & Initials, Woodcut & Ornamental

Author: Carol Belanger Grafton

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1977-01-01

Total Pages: 175

ISBN-13: 0486234800

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More than two thousand decorative letters, many grouped in complete alphabets, range from medieval illuminated styles to modern type designs, with a large portion devoted to the Renaissance

American Line Type Book, Borders, Ornaments
American Line Type Book, Borders, Ornaments

Author: American Type Founders Company

Publisher: [United States] : The Company

Published: 1906

Total Pages: 1098

ISBN-13:

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The American Type Founders Company (ATF) was formed out of a business necessity. Led by John Marder of the Chicago Type Foundry and Arthur Brower of the Union Type Foundry, several other type founders created a combined company of twenty-three plants scattered across the United States, which was incorporated by November 1892. According to Annenberg, this edition was prepared for the London branch. This copy of the catalog, which does not contain any kind of London imprint, includes only type metal, cuts, ornaments, and rule.

Classic Typefaces
Classic Typefaces

Author: David Consuegra

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-10-10

Total Pages: 894

ISBN-13: 1621535827

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Graphic designers will enrich their understanding of American type design and type designers with this unique and extensive reference. The fascinating history of type in America is chronicled through the typefaces and biographies of sixty-two of the most influential type designers, including Linn Boyd Benton, Morris Fuller Benton, and Darius Wells, and through the description and history of nine American type foundries. Complete with samples of 334 different typefaces, and 700 black-and-white illustrations, this eye-popping reference reveals the expansive contribution America has made to the world of type design.