Rookledge's International Handbook of Type Designers : A Biographical Directory / Ron Eason and Sarah Rookledge

Identifier:REF.DS.2178

Dimensions:209 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Publication dates:1991

created by: Ron Eason, Sarah Rookledge

edited by: Phil Baines, Gordon Rookledge

Subjects: biographies, international directories, typographers

Description:A sequel to 'Rookledge's International Typefinder', originally published in 1983. Includes brief biographies of over 175 type designers, a short essay outlining the main trends in type design, an index by subject, an index by typeface, and a glossary of technical terms. Contents -- Publisher's Note & Acknowledgements -- Editors' Introduction -- Foreword / Lawrence W. Wallis -- Historical Introduction : An Outline of the Main Trends of Type Design / Phil Baines -- A Biographical Directory : (Adobe Systems Inc. to Zapf-von Hesse) / Ron Eason and Sarah Rookledge -- Glossary of Some Technical Terms -- Suggestions for Future Reading -- General Index -- Typeface Index -- Trademarks -- Authors and Editors -- Other Publications from Sarema Press