Typographers on Type : An Illustrated Anthology from William Morris to the Present Day / edited by Ruari McLean

Identifier:REF.TY.2172

Dimensions:xii, 188 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Copyright dates:1995

Subjects: Graphic design (Typography) -- History., anthologies

Description:"Brought together for the first time in a single volume, the writings are drawn from an international array of books and periodicals, and have been selected for their expression of something 'important, interesting and/or amusing about typography'. ... Each piece is prefaced by a short introduction to the typographer's life and work, and many are illustrated with examples f the typography." -- book jacket front flap Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- William Morris -- Theodore Low de Vinne -- Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson -- Bruce Rogers -- Joseph Thorp -- William Addison Dwiggins -- Bernard Newdigate -- Francis Meynell -- Daniel Berkeley Updike -- Jan Tschichold -- Frederic Warde -- Edward Johnston -- Stanley Morison -- Harry Carter -- Beatrice Ward -- Elmer Adler -- Carl Purington Rollins -- Frederic W. Goudy -- Eric Gill -- Peter Beilenson - Thomas Maitland Cleland -- Fred Anthoensen -- John Dreyfus -- George Bernard Shaw -- P.J. Conkwright -- Jan Van Krimpten -- Sem Hartz -- Paul Rand -- William Golden -- Philip Hofer -- Herbert Spencer -- Leonard Baskin -- Rudolph Ruzicka -- Michael Twyman -- Massin -- Milton Glaser -- Robert Harling -- John Lewis -- Joseph Blumenthal -- Hermann Zapf -- Roderick Stinehour -- Seymour Chwast - Walter Tracy -- Sebastian Carter -- George Mackie -- Adrian Frutiger -- Greer Allen -- Matthew Carter -- Afterword : The Book as Object 1995