Visionaries & fanatics : and other essays on type design, technology, and the private press / by Rus...
Visionaries & fanatics : and other essays on type design, technology, and the private press / by Rus...
Visionaries & fanatics : and other essays on type design, technology, and the private press / by Russell Maret.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Ann Arbor, Michigan : The Legacy Press, 2021.
Uniform title
Alternative title
Title of sheet: Specimen of metal typefaces designed by Russell Maret., NYC
Call Numbers
G 2022/3499
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
140 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm + 1 folded sheet (6 panels ; 23 cm)
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Visionaries & Fanatics: Type Design and the Private Press -- Smashing the Crystal Goblet -- Time, Technology, and the Shapes of Letters -- Hungry Dutch: A Typographical Adventure -- A Flexible Matrix: An Analysis of the Typeface Used in the Theuerdank, 1517 -- Character Traits; or, Can the 20th Cent...
Publication information
Publisher
Ann Arbor, Michigan : The Legacy Press, 2021.
Edition
[Limited edition].
Place of Publication
Michigan
Date Published
2021.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw a great flowering of typographic activity, resulting in a corpus of typographic literature that continues to hold sway over contemporary type design and practices. But are the precepts and motivations of late-Industrial typography still relevant in the digital era, or are they the product of the time and...
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Full title
Visionaries & fanatics : and other essays on type design, technology, and the private press / by Russell Maret.
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Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index....
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Date Copyright
©2021
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Call Numbers
G 2022/3499
Record Identifier
74VKarqg6vWy
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKarqg6vWy
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ISBN
9781953421029
DDC
686.221
MMS ID
991024441121302626
