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Loxley, Simon

 
9781845110284: Type: The Secret History of Letters
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ISBN 10: 1845110285 ISBN 13: 9781845110284
Editorial: Continnuum-3PL, 2006

Sinopsis

Type is the bridge between writer and reader, between thought and understanding. Type is the message bearer: an art-form that impinges upon every literate being and yet for most of its history it has conformed to the old adage that ’good typography should be invisible’, it should not distract with its own personality. It was only at the end of the nineteenth century that designers slowly realised that they could say as much with their lettering as writers could with their words. Form, of course, carries as much meaning as content. Now, anyone within reach of a computer and its limitless database of fonts has the same power. "Type: The Secret History of Letters" tells its story for the first time, treating typography as a hidden measure of our history. From the tempestuous debate about its beginnings in the fifteenth century, to the invention of our most contemporary lettering, Simon Loxley, with the skill of a novelist, tells of the people and events behind our letters. How did Johann Gutenberg, in late 1438, come to think of printing? Does Baskerville have anything to do with Sherlock Holmes? Why did the Nazis re-invent Blackletter? What is a Zapf?
"Type" is a guide through the history of our letters and a study of their power. From fashion through propaganda and the development of mass literacy, Loxley shows how typography has changed our world.

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Acerca del autor

Simon Loxley, practicing typographer, designer and teacher, lives in London. This is his first book.

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Editorial
Continnuum-3PL
Año de publicación
2006
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1845110285
ISBN 13 
9781845110284
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
258
Contacto del fabricante
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