Revival of the Fittest : Digital Versions of Classic Typefaces / edited by Philip B. Meggs and Roy McKelvey

Identifier:REF.TY.2181

Dimensions:vii, 184 pages : illustrations (color) ; 29 cm

Copyright dates:2000

edited by: Philip B. Meggs, Roy McKelvey

Subjects: Graphic design (Typography), digital images

Description:"The digital revolution has inspired designers to create a proliferation of contemporary versions of the great classic typefaces. 'Revival of the Fittest', a book from the publishers of 'Print' magazine, examines and explains the surge of interest in these revivals. Profusely illustrated with digital versions of Bodoni, Caslon, Garamond, grotesques, and others, these faces are compared to their metal-type originals and presented through imaginative applications in magazines, ads, books, and posters by outstanding graphic designers." -- front flap of book jacket "A 'Print Magazine' Publication" -- cover Contents -- Foreword / Philip B. Meggs and Roy McKelvey -- Prologue -- Major Typefaces and Their Digital Forms -- Ancient Inscriptions / Janet Horst -- Baskerville / John Dixon -- Bembo / Julie L. Rabun -- Bodoni and Didot / Roy McKelvey -- Valso / Philip B. Meggs -- Centaur / Sheilah M. Barrett -- Century / Carolyn Annand -- Calrendons / Pornprapha Phatanateacha -- Cheltenham / Bonnie Hamalainen -- Egyptians / Shih-Tien Yang -- Franklin Gothic / Ansel M. Olson -- Garamind and Galliard / David Steadman -- Geometric Sans Serifs / Jarik van Sluijs -- Grotesques / Charley Foley -- Helvetica and Meta / Leland M. Hill -- Humanist Sans Serifs / Jamie B. Barnett -- Jenson / Sheilah M. Barrett -- Renaissance Inscriptions / Julie L. Rabun -- Times Roman / Mary Beth Henry -- Univers and Frutiger / Jennifer Gibson -- Glossary -- Index