Twentieth Century Type Designers (Trefoil design library) de Sebastian Carter - 1987-04-16

Trefoil Publications Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Trefoil Publications Ltd, 1987-04-16. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.1983 in x 23.7819 in x 23.3822 in.

Trefoil Publications Ltd, 1989. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:0862940761

Trefoil Publications , 1987. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. Dust jacket in poor condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,950grams, ISBN:9780862940768

Trefoil, London, first edition, 1987. Cloth, 4to, 25 cm,. 168 pp, plates. From the blurb - "..Carter's new book examines the careers of a number of type designers working in this century, against the background of the enormous changes in the methods of creating and setting type, from metal characters composed by hand to the computerised technology of today. The introduction in America, a hundred years ago of three machines, the Linotype and Monotype hot-metal composing machines, and the Benton pantographic punchcutter, revolutionised the manufacture of type, and the Benton machine in particular caused a flood of new faces by designers most of whom could not cut a punch by hand. More recently, filmsetting and digital typesetting have brought new opportunities as well as new disciplines The designers of this century have worked from widely different motives, ranging from a practical need to produce faces for new machines to an idealistic attempt to create perfect letterforms for our age.… Leer más

Trefoil Publications Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0862940761 . 168pp, illustrated, grey cloth with dustwrapper; Trefoil design library; Square quarto; 168 pages .

Trefoil, 1987 8vo (24.5 x 24.5 cm), 167 pp. Publisher's cloth and dust jacket. This new edition of the text first published in 1987 includes an examination of the latest technological developments in the design and composition of type, and introduces the work of some of the more recent designers to have made their mark this century. Although the skeleton shapes of the letters of our alphabet hardly change, many skilled type designers have devoted much time, sometimes their whole lives, to drawing different versions of the outlines. This book serves as an introduction to the concept of typefaces and to some of the personalities who have created them - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Gill, Morison, Van Krimpen, Trump, Tschichold, Frutiger, and Zapf - and places them in the context of the enormous changes that have occurred the 20th century in the methods of creating and setting type.

London: Trefoil Publications, 1987. 168 pages, b/w illustrations. Minor wear, unmarked. [767]. First Edition. Grey Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 245mm. x 235mm.. Book.

London : Trefoil, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; [168]p : ill. Notes; Includes bibliography and index.Contents; Old types for new machines -- The designers -- Frederic W. Goudy -- Bruce Rogers -- Rudolf Koch -- William Addison Dwiggins -- Eric Gill -- Victor Hammer -- Stanley Morison -- Hans (Giovanni) Mardersteig -- Jan van Krimpen -- Georg Trump -- Joseph Blumenthal -- Robert Hunter Middleton -- Jan Tschichold -- Berthold Wolpe -- Roger Excoffon -- New types for newer machines -- The designers -- Herman Zapf -- Adrian Frutiger. Subjects; Geschichte 1865-1983. Type and type-founding History 20th century.