Typographic Milestones

Informationen zum Autor Allan Haley is Executive Vice President of the International Typeface Corporation, a major supplier of fonts to professional typesetters and to the desktop publishing market. Haley, a recognized authority in typography, is a frequent contributor to popular design magazines. Klappentext Profiles of 18 typographers who made significant contributions to the field, including oldies such as Gutenberg, Caxton, Caslon, Baskerville, Bodoni, and several moderns whose work--Times New Roman, Perpetua, Electra, etc.--is better known than their names. Zusammenfassung Profiles of 18 typographers who made significant contributions to the field! including oldies such as Gutenberg! Caxton! Caslon! Baskerville! Bodoni! and several moderns whose work-Times New Roman! Perpetua! Electra! etc. -is better known than their names. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. EARLY GIANTS. Johann Gutenberg. William Caxton. Aldus Manutius. Claude Garamond. William Caslon. John Baskerville. Giambattista Bodoni. MODERN PIONEERS. Frederic W. Goudy. Morris Fuller Benton. Rudolf Koch. Oswald Cooper. William Addison Dwiggins. Eric Gill. Stanley Morison. Jan Van Krimpen. Robert Hunter Middleton. Beatrice Warde. Jan Tschichold. Designers and Their Typefaces.

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Profiles of 18 typographers who made significant contributions to the field, including oldies such as Gutenberg, Caxton, Caslon, Baskerville, Bodoni, and several moderns whose work--Times New Roman, Perpetua, Electra, etc.--is better known than their names.

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EARLY GIANTS. Johann Gutenberg. William Caxton. Aldus Manutius. Claude Garamond. William Caslon. John Baskerville. Giambattista Bodoni. MODERN PIONEERS. Frederic W. Goudy. Morris Fuller Benton. Rudolf Koch. Oswald Cooper. William Addison Dwiggins. Eric Gill. Stanley Morison. Jan Van Krimpen. Robert Hunter Middleton. Beatrice Warde. Jan Tschichold. Designers and Their Typefaces.