Profiles of 18 typographers who made significant contributions to the field, including oldies such as Gutenberg, Caxton, Caslon, Baskerville, Bodoni, and several moderns whose work Times New Roman, Perpetua, Electra, etc. is better known than their names.
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Designed as a reference for professional designers, this volume devotes a chapter to each letter of the alphabet, containing information on the history of the Roman letterform, proper rendering and proportions, and illustrations of interesting versions designed by artists and typographers.
Allan Haley is Executive Vice President of the International Typeface Corporation, a major supplier of fonts to professional typesetters and to the desktop publishing market. Haley, a recognized authority in typography, is a frequent contributor to popular design magazines.
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