Type : the secret history of letters
Loxley, Simon
Type : the secret history of letters / Simon Loxley - New York : I.B. Tauris , 2006 - 248 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"Good typography should be invisible", so goes the old maxim--the typeface should carry the message, but not distract with its own personality. But if you've ever wondered how type was developed, exactly what a Goudy Friar is, or if Baskerville has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes, then Type will answer these questions and more. This is the story of the faces behind type, letters and typography: it tells of the passions and obsessions of its creators, of war, persecution and political upheaval, of business and technological breakthrough, of rivalry, death and disinterment.
9781845110284
2005440155
Type and type-founding----History
Z250.A2 / L69 2004
686.209 LOX
Type : the secret history of letters / Simon Loxley - New York : I.B. Tauris , 2006 - 248 p. : illus. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
"Good typography should be invisible", so goes the old maxim--the typeface should carry the message, but not distract with its own personality. But if you've ever wondered how type was developed, exactly what a Goudy Friar is, or if Baskerville has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes, then Type will answer these questions and more. This is the story of the faces behind type, letters and typography: it tells of the passions and obsessions of its creators, of war, persecution and political upheaval, of business and technological breakthrough, of rivalry, death and disinterment.
9781845110284
2005440155
Type and type-founding----History
Z250.A2 / L69 2004
686.209 LOX
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