Calligraphy & Lettering Techniques
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Overview
This comprehensive, well-illustrated volume ranges from the earliest pictographs and hieroglyphics to the work of 20th-century designers. Subjects include early writing forms; Roman lettering; runes and medieval hands; the Carolingian minuscule and derivative types; humanistic writing and derivative fonts; and much more. 89 complete alphabets and more than 165 additional specimens.Synopsis
Comprehensive, well-illustrated volume chronicles writing through ages: Roman lettering, runes, medieval hands, Carolingian minuscule, and derivative types, more. 89 complete alphabets, more than 165 additional specimens.
Booknews
Reprint of the 1950 Prentice-Hall volume titled Lettering: The History and Technique of Lettering as Design. Both a history and a how-to-guide, this work chronicles the development of letter forms from the point of view of the artist or typographer, ranging from the earliest pictographs and hieroglyphics to 20th-century works. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
Editorials
Booknews
Reprint of the 1950 Prentice-Hall volume titled Lettering: The History and Technique of Lettering as Design. Both a history and a how-to-guide, this work chronicles the development of letter forms from the point of view of the artist or typographer, ranging from the earliest pictographs and hieroglyphics to 20th-century works. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
May 1, 1998
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pages
320
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780486402819