Type is beautiful : [Book] the story of fifty remarkable fonts / Simon Loxley.

By:

Loxley, Simon [author.]

Material type: Text

TextDescription: vii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:

9781851244317 (hardback)

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DDC classification:

686.22409 23

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686.22409

Summary: Fonts are everywhere. You may even have a favorite serif or sans serif. But have you ever wondered who took the bold steps to create it? Behind every great font is a great story, and, in this fascinating cultural history, graphic designer and design writer Simon Loxley covers more than five hundred years in the history of typography—from the oldest printed typeface used in the Gutenberg Bible right up to the present day.

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Fonts are everywhere. You may even have a favorite serif or sans serif. But have you ever wondered who took the bold steps to create it? Behind every great font is a great story, and, in this fascinating cultural history, graphic designer and design writer Simon Loxley covers more than five hundred years in the history of typography—from the oldest printed typeface used in the Gutenberg Bible right up to the present day.

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