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Historical types : from Gutenberg to Ashendene

Title
Historical types : from Gutenberg to Ashendene / Stan Knight.
Author
Knight, Stan, 1937-
Publication
New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2012.

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Additional Authors
  • Friedman, Marcia (Graphic designer)
  • Slimbach, Robert
  • Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
Description
103 pages : illustrations; 31 cm
Summary
"A survey of major developments in type design from the fifteen to the twentieth century, grouped by historical period. Concise commentary about the type and its maker accompanies three photographs of each type. Begins with an overview of the history of type and its study"--
Subject
  • Type and type-founding > Specimens
  • Type and type-founding > History
  • Type designers > Biography
  • Type and type-founding
  • Type designers
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
  • Specimens.
  • Typefaces (Type evidence) – Adobe Garamond.
Note
  • "Book design by Stan Knight. Typography and pre-press by Marcia Friedman. The text face is 10 1/2 on 12 Adobe Garamond Pro with Adobe Garamond Premier Pro glyphs, all designed by Robert Slimbach"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100) and indexes.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's brown cloth; in illustrated book jacket.
Contents
Medieval types -- Italian renaissance types -- French renaissance types -- Baroque types -- Neoclassical types -- Rational types -- Nineteenth-century types -- Private press types.
Call Number
JFG 17-145
ISBN
  • 9781584562986
  • 1584562986
LCCN
  • 2012028087
  • 40021618590
OCLC
802891200
Author
Knight, Stan, 1937- author, book designer.
Title
Historical types : from Gutenberg to Ashendene / Stan Knight.
Publisher
New Castle, Delaware : Oak Knoll Press, 2012.
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100) and indexes.
Binding
Publisher's brown cloth; in illustrated book jacket.
Place of Publication
United States Delaware New Castle.
Added Author
Friedman, Marcia (Graphic designer), typographer.
Slimbach, Robert, type designer.
Oak Knoll Press, publisher.
Other Standard Identifier
40021618590
Research Call Number
JFG 17-145
*KAB+ 15-10
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