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New Vintage Type
Steven Heller
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Description for New Vintage Type
Paperback. A survey that looks at the role that old and classic fonts from letterpress to slab serifs and beyond play in graphic design. Num Pages: 192 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 252 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1008.
Here is a lively and lighthearted survey that looks at the role that old and classic fonts – from letterpress to slab serifs and beyond – play in contemporary graphic design.Written and compiled by the world’s leading graphic-design historian, the book provides hundreds of examples, as well as informed texts that will entertain, edify and inspire a new generation of students and practitioners to appreciate that the past contains typographic riches for the future.
Here is a lively and lighthearted survey that looks at the role that old and classic fonts – from letterpress to slab serifs and beyond – play in contemporary graphic design.Written and compiled by the world’s leading graphic-design historian, the book provides hundreds of examples, as well as informed texts that will entertain, edify and inspire a new generation of students and practitioners to appreciate that the past contains typographic riches for the future.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500288184
SKU
9780500288184
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-5
About Steven Heller
Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the author of many books, including Stencil Type, Graphic, Typography Sketchbooks, New Ornamental Type and New Vintage Type, all published by Thames & Hudson. Gail Anderson is the creative director at Visual Arts Press at the School ... Read more
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