Custom Lettering of the 20s and 30s - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0957664958 ISBN 13: 9780957664951

Publisher: Korero Press, 2017

Synopsis

This unique publication collects over 4,500 examples of custom lettering from the heyday of Art Deco and the experimental modernity of the Futurists&;from geometric sans, elegant brush scripts, and heavy industrial serifs to hand-drawn eccentricities and outré display type. A cornerstone of any type-lovers library.

About this title

About the Author

Rian Hughes is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, comic artist, writer, and typographer who has worked extensively for the British and American advertising, music, and comic book industries. His recent books include Custom Lettering of the ’20s and ’30s, Soho Dives, Soho Divas, and XX: A Novel, Graphic. He has an extensive collection of Thunderbirds memorabilia, a fridge full of vodka, and a stack of easy listening albums which he plays very quietly in his home in London. 

Foreword by Zavier Leslie Cabarga
Zavier Leslie Cabarga is an illustrator, type and logo designer, and author of many books, including Progressive German Graphics, Dynamic Black and White Illustration, and The Logo, Font & Lettering Bible. As an illustrator, Zavier’s work has appeared in New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and on the covers of magazines such as Time, Newsweek, Fortune, National Lampoon, and Screw.

From the Back Cover

A celebration of the stunning and stylistically varied headline lettering that existed before the advent of phototypesetting or the computer. Collects more than 4500 examples, covering Art Deco, the modernity of the Futurists and more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Korero Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0957664958
• ISBN 13: 9780957664951
• Binding: Flexibound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 564
• Editor: Hughes Rian