Geschiedenis van de typografie en het ontwerpen van drukletters, met nadruk op de angelsaksische wereld.
This is the well-written and highly enjoyable story of type from Gutenberg to the present. This book may change the way you look at a printed page.
"Type: The Secret History of Letters tells its story for the first time, treating typography as a hidden measure of our history. From the tempestuous debate about its beginnings in the fifteenth century, to the invention of our most contemporary lettering, Simon Loxley, with the…
Type is fashion, type is history. From Gurenberg's first moveable type to the Internet, Simon Loxley weaves the story of letters through the history of our time. Type has grown out of ambition, jealousy, desire, treachery and love. Never again will you look at your letters, your…
"In 1948, the noted book designer and Purdue alumnus Bruce Rogers wrote a book that documented and illustrated his creation of the Centaur typeface. The book was privately printed by Rogers himself under the name of his studio, October House. This limited edition of the book was…
"Aimed at being a comprehensive text on a subject that is typically specialist, A Grammar of Typography provides a detailed history of typography and discusses how the practice has changed throughout time. It discusses typography as a discipline and situates it in the context of…
Introduction: The classical tradition -- A short history of typographical variations -- Type in the 20th and 21st centuries -- Desktop publishing -- Basic layout: Type -- Basic Layout: Images -- Format and mise-en-page -- Composition -- Open type fonts and font editing -- Page e…
"Aimed at being a comprehensive text on a subject that is typically specialist, A Grammar of Typography provides a detailed history of typography and discusses how the practice has changed throughout time. It discusses typography as a discipline and situates it in the context of…