9780823055289, titled "Type And Typography" | 2 edition (Watson-Guptill Pubns, October 1, 2005), cover price $29.95 |
About this edition: • Includes 2 extensive timecharts, one on type designers, one on the evolution of writing and printing—reference at a glance• Newly revised and expanded• Hundreds of remarkable photographs and illustrationsFrom the history of language and writing systems, to the development of letterforms and movable type, to the evolution of today’s digital systems, Type and Typography offers an overview of the typefaces available today and a practical guide to using type as a meaningful element of design in all mediums.
9780823055241 | Watson-Guptill Pubns, July 1, 2002, cover price $29.95 |
About this edition: While writing and alphabets go back thousands of years, the history of typography is a long, rich, and unique one-spanning from the movable type used to set Guttenberg's 42-line Bible in 1455 to today's 21st-century computer-designed typefaces.