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Author:

Dawson, Peter, 1969-

Title:

The field guide to typography : typefaces in the urban landscape / Peter Dawson.

Publisher:

Prestel,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

384 pages : illustrations ; 16 x 21 cm

Subject:

Type and type-founding.
City and town life--Miscellanea.
Vie urbaine--Miscellanées.
City and town life.
Type and type-founding.
miscellanies.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Miscellanées.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 372) and index.

Contents:

Foreword / Stephen Coles -- The anatomy of type -- Glossary -- Classification types -- The field guide : Serif : Albertus ; ITC American typewritier ; Antwerp ; Archer ; Baskerville ; Bell ; Bembo ; Bononi ; PMN Caecilia ; Calvert ; Caslon ; Century ; Clarendon ; Designer profile: Rudy Vanderlans, Zuzana Licko ; Cochin ; Courier ; Didot ; Foundry Wilson ; Friz Quadrata ; Galliard ; Garamond ; Goudy ; Grandjon ; Guardian Egyptian ; ITC Lubalin graph ; Minion ; Mrs. Eaves ; Neutraface ; Designer profile: Jason Castle ; Perpetua ; Plantin ; Rockwell ; Sabon ; Shàngó Gothic ; Times new roman ; Trajan ; Walbaum ; Wile -- Sans Serif : Aktiv Grotesk ; Akzidenz Grotesk ; FS Albert ; Arial ; ITC Avant Gard Gothic ; Avenir ; Bath City ; ITC Bauhau ; Designer profile: Wayne Tompson ; Bell Contennial ; Bliss ; Chalet ; Channel 4 ; DIN 1451 / FF DIN ; Eurostile ; FF Fago ; Fedra Sans ; Fenland ; Foundry Sterling ; Franklin Gothic ; Frutiger ; Futura ; GIll Sans ; Gotham ; Helvetica ; Interstate ; Designer profile: Freda Sack ; Johnston ; Kabel ; Letter Gothic ; FF Meta ; Myriad ; Neutraface ; New Rail Alphabet ; ITC Officina Sans ; Optima ; Rotis Sans Serif ; Univers ; VAG Rounded ; Verdana -- Display : Aachen ; Agency Gothic ; Amelia ; Arnold Böcklin ; Bank Gothic ; A2 Beckett ; ITC Benguiat ; Designer profile: Henrik Kubel ; FF Blur ; Bodoni Poster ; Bottleneck ; Broadway ; Cooper Black ; Foundry Flek Plek ; Futura Black ; Gill Sans Kayo ; Glaser Stencil ; Foundry Gridnik ; Headline 2012 ; Kade Letter Fabriek ; Kakaw ; Knockout ; Designer profile: Jason Smith ; LCD ; ITC Machine ; Mahou ; Mason ; Namco ; OCR-B ; Princetown ; Pump ; Rosewood ; Architype Stedelijk ; Stencil ; FF ThreeSix ; FF Trixie ; Umbra ; Zebrawood -- Script : Balloon ; Bickley Script ; Bruno ; Brush Script ; Comic Sans ; ITC Edwardian Script ; Fette Fraktur ; Gigi ; Kuenstler Script ; Macmillan Headline ; Old English ; Owned -- Symbols & dingbats : Carta ; Kakaw Dingbats ; Designer profile: Frida Larios ; FF Netto Icons ; Wingdings ; ITC Zapf Dingbats.

Summary:

A field guide to typefaces. Includes interviews with designers such as Wayne Thompson, Freda Sack, Henrik Kubel, Jason Smith, and Frida Larios.

ISBN:

3791348396
9783791348391

OCLC:

(OCoLC)833147306

LCCN:

2013011573

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)