Letterforms: Typographic and Scriptorial : Two Essays on Their Classification, History and Bibliography (Typophile Chap Books, 45.) - Softcover

Morison, Stanley

 
9780881791365: Letterforms: Typographic and Scriptorial : Two Essays on Their Classification, History and Bibliography (Typophile Chap Books, 45.)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0881791369 ISBN 13: 9780881791365
Publisher: Hartley & Marks Inc.,U.S., 1996

Synopsis

<div>To understand the language and development of type is to know its history. Letter Forms is a collection of essays by and about Stanley Morison, adviser to Monotype, and the greatest type historian of our time. ... For the true student of typography and the fine art of distinguishing "between things that differ," the historical insights of Letter Forms will be a source of inspiration and a glimpse into the mind of one of the most gifted typography scholars of this century.</div>

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Publisher
Hartley & Marks Inc.,U.S.
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0881791369
ISBN 13 
9780881791365
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
128