Anatomy of a typeface

London : Hamish Hamilton, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 428 p. : ill. Notes: Includes bibliography, index. Contents: Goudy text and black-letter types -- Hammer Uncial -- Cloister Old Style -- Centaur -- Bembo -- Arrighi -- Dante -- Goudy Old Style -- Palatino -- Garamond -- Galliard -- Granjon -- Sabon -- Janson -- Caslon -- Baskerville -- Bodoni -- Bulmer -- Bell -- Oxford -- Caledonia -- Cheltenham -- Bookman -- Times Roman -- Newspaper types -- Franklin Gothic and the twentieth century gothics -- Calrendon and the square-serif revival -- Optima and the humanist sans-serif types -- Futura and the geometric sans-serif types -- Script, cursive and decorated types -- Type making from punch to computer. Subjects: Typefaces Lettering; Printing; Specimens; Periodicals Publishing; Typefaces; Type and type-founding; Typograph; Letter; Forms; Printing; Development; Study; Analysis; Design.