Creative Type

Name: Creative Type
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ISBN: 9780500512296

ISBN-10: 0500512299

ISBN-13: 9780500512296

Edition: 2005

Authors: Cees W. Dejong, Altson Purvis, Friedrich Friedl

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The digital era has entirely transformed the world of typography. This elegant and easy-to-use book provides a comprehensively illustrated record of developments in the field, clearly setting them in their historical context and forming an essential reference for graphic designers everywhere. Creative Type begins with three essays that address issues such as the impact of the digital era on typography and the ways in which contemporary designers are harnessing the typefaces of the past to satisfy the needs of the present. The book goes on to illustrate thirty-four modern classic typefaces produced between 1985 and 2004, accompanied by comments from each font's designer. A section devoted to…

Book details

List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Publication date: 9/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 7.10" wide x 10.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.300
Language: English

Friedrich Friedl is Professor of Typography at the Academy of Design, Offenbach am Main.



Foreword



Type etc ...



20th-century expressive letterforms : an observation



From Rudolf Koch via David Carson into the new millennium : typography in the 20th century



Fonts and type designers


ITC Franklin, 2004



Demos, 2004 : Praxis, 2004



Zapfino, 2003



Kosmik, 2002



Beowolf, 1990



Sabon Next, 2002



Le Monde, 1997



Syntax, 2000



Aroma, 1999



Gianotten, 1999 : Milano, 2002



Markin, 1999



Scarborough, 1998



Silvermoon, 1998



Atomatic, 1997



Finnegan, 1997



Spitz, 1997



Carumba, 1996



Filosofia, 1996



Tagliatelle, 1996



Linoletter, 1992


Didot, 1991


Veto, 1994



Sho, 1992



Caecilia, 1990



Officina, 1990



Industria, 1989 : Insignia, 1989



Avenir, 1988



Frutiger Next, 2001



Stone, 1987



Lucida, 1985



Optima nova, 2002



Modern classics : fonts and type designers


The relationship between classic and contemporary typography


Akzidenz Grotesk, 1969



Helvetica, 1957



Futura, 1932



GillSans, 1928-30



Times New Roman, 1832



Bodoni, 1790



Baskerville, 1754



Caslon, 1725



Stempel Garamond, 1543