London : Hamish Hamilton, 1990. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 428 p. : ill. Notes: Includes bibliography, index. Contents: Goudy text and black-letter types -- Hammer Uncial -- Cloister Old Style -- Centaur -- Bembo -- Arrighi -- Dante -- Goudy Old Style -- Palatino -- Garamond -- Galliard -- Granjon -- Sabon -- Janson -- Caslon -- Baskerville -- Bodoni -- Bulmer -- Bell -- Oxford -- Caledonia -- Cheltenham -- Bookman -- Times Roman -- Newspaper types -- Franklin Gothic and the twentieth century gothics -- Calrendon and the square-serif revival -- Optima and the humanist sans-serif types -- Futura and the geometric sans-serif types -- Script, cursive and decorated types -- Type making from punch to computer. Subjects: Typefaces Lettering; Printing; Specimens; Periodicals Publishing; Typefaces; Type and type-founding; Typograph; Letter; Forms; Printing; Development; Study; Analysis; Design.

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Anatomy of a Typeface is a book on typefaces written by Alexander Lawson. The book is notable for devoting entire chapters to the development and uses of individual or small groupings of typefaces. Beyond Anatomy of a Typeface Lawson has considered and discussed the classification of types. Within Anatomy, Lawson arranges the typefaces by classification.

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Bookseller: MW Books Ltd. (IE)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 389986
Title: Anatomy of a typeface
Author: Lawson, Alexander
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: 1st edition
ISBN 10: 0241129435
ISBN 13: 9780241129432
Publisher: London : Hamish Hamilton
Date Published: 1990

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