Blackletter : Type and National Identity / edited by Peter Bain and Paul Shaw

Identifier:REF.EC.2079

Dimensions:72 p. : ill. ; 28cm

Copyright dates:1998

Publication dates:1998

edited by: Paul Shaw, Peter Bain

introduction by: Paul Shaw, Peter Bain

text by: Paul Shaw, Peter Bain, Philipp Luidl, Philipp Th. Bertheau, Christopher Burke, Hans Peter Willberg, Yvonne Schwemer-Scheddin

Subjects: Gothic, exhibition catalogs, typography

Description:Published in conjunction with exhibition held at the Herb Lubalin Study Center of Design and Typography at the Cooper Union School of Art from March 3, 1998 - May 2, 1998. Table of Contents -- Preface / Dean Robert Rindler -- Foreward : The Crystalline Plant / Lawrence Mirsky / Introduction : Blackletter v. Roman : Type as Ideological Surrogate / Paul Shaw and Peter Bain -- A Comparison of Fraktur and Roman Type : A German Study / Philipp Luidl -- The German Language and the Two Faces of Its Script : A Genuine Expression of European Culture / Philipp Th. Bertheau -- Timeline of Typography and Events 812-1995 / Paul Shaw -- German Hybrid Typefaces 1900-1914 / Christopher Burke -- Fraktur and Nationalism / Hans Peter Willberg -- Broken Images : Blackletter bewteen Faith and Mysticism / Yvonne Schwemer-Scheddin -- A Checklist of German Blackletter Types 1900-1950 / Peter Bain -- Glossary -- Bibliography