Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering

Tschichold, Jan

ISBN 10: 1850070075 / ISBN 13: 9781850070078

Published by Omega Books, 1985

About this Item

Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks.

Seller Inventory # Scanned1850070075

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering
• Publisher: Omega Books
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850070075
• ISBN 13: 9781850070078
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

The introductory text provides a perceptive analysis of letter forms. Tschichold discusses lettering as a work of art, good and bad letters, older and recent letter forms, the use of capital and lower-case letters, word spacing, line spacing, the selection of appropriate letter styles, and the layout of groups of letters and signs. The type specimens are handsomely reproduced, most in their original size. Every alphabet was specially arranged by Tschichold, and forms a well-balanced graphic design. Many of the outstanding historical sources appear better here than in the often poorly printed originals. The book is identical to the original edition, first published in 1966, with a new introduction by designer and writer Ben Rosen.