Twentieth century type designers / Sebastian Carter.

Identifier:REF.TY.1835

Dimensions:168 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Copyright dates:1987

Library of Congress Subject Headings:Typesetting, Typography, Type designers

Description:"Sebastian Carter here examines the careers of a number of type designers working in this century, against the background of the enormous changes in the methods of creating and setting type, from metal characters composed by hand to the computerized technology of today...The designers of this century have worked from widely different motives, ranging from a practical need to produce faces for new machines to an idealistic attempt to create perfect letter forms for our age. This volume looks at the works of such dedicated master craftsmen as Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Dwiggins, Gill, Morison, Mardesteig, Van Krimpen, Trump, Tschichold, Excoffon, Zapf, Frutiger, and others, as well as recognizing the contributions of skilled technicians such as Benton, who redrew and improved many existing types."-- from dust-jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index.