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Calligraphic type design in the digital age : an exhibition in honor of the contributions of Hermann and Gudrun Zapf : selected type designs and calligraphy by sixteen designers / edited by John Prestianni.

Books

REF.EC.2410
Reference Collection
158 pages : illustrations (some color), facsimiles (some color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cm
2001
John Prestianni
Gingko Press
Exhibition catalogue
Catalog of an exhibition presented by the Friends of Calligraphy at the San Francisco Public Library, 1 September - 31 October 2001. Includes bibliographical references.

Contents
Honoring friends / Susie Taylor -- Becoming type / Sumner Stone -- Calligraphy and type design : the twentieth century quest for a renewed connection / Jerry Kelly -- Cultivating an education in letters / Rick Cusick -- Bookbinding, calligraphy and type design : remarks and musings about my design process / Gudrun Zapf von Hesse -- Back to the sources : some reflections on calligraphic types / Hermann Zapf -- The exhibition. Hermann Zapf ; Gudrun Zapf von Hesse ; Alan Blackman ; Erik von Blokland ; Rick Cusick ; Timothy Donaldson ; Jean Evans ; Phill Grimshaw ; Cynthia Hollandsworth ; Akira Kobayashi ; Richard Lipton ; Jacqueline Sakwa ; Robert Slimbach ; Viktor Solt-Bittner ; Jovica Veljović ; Julian Waters.