Scripts - Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age

Heller, Steven; Fili, Louise

ISBN 10: 0500515689 / ISBN 13: 9780500515686

Published by Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, 2011

About this Item

First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in pictorial boards, no dustjacket as issued. 351pp. Colour illustrations throughout. Not library copy, no inscriptions. (52/6). Seller Inventory # ABE-1648137041451

Bibliographic Details

Title: Scripts - Elegant Lettering from Design's ...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd, London

Publication Date: 2011

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

From wedding announcements to IOUs, there are hundreds perhaps thousands of scripts, some classic, others eccentric. Derived from handwriting, these are typefaces that are stylized to suggest, imply or symbolize certain traits linked to writing. Drawn from the Golden Age of scripts, from the 19th to the mid-20th century, this is the first compilation of popular, rare and forgotten scripts from Britain, Italy, France, Germany and the USA. Filled with examples from a broad spectrum of sources advertising, street signs, invitations, type-specimen books, personal letters this collection from esteemed art director Steven Heller is a delightful trove of long-overlooked material, and will be an invaluable sourcebook for anyone with an interest in graphic design.

About the Authors:

Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the author of many books, including Stencil Type, Graphic, Typography Sketchbooks, New Ornamental Type and New Vintage Type, all published by Thames & Hudson.

Louise Fili is director of Fili Design, a New York–based design studio specializing in vintage typographic treatments.