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Classic Typefaces: American Type and Type Designers

Classic Typefaces: American Type and Type Designers

Classic Typefaces: American Type and Type Designers

$19.95

Consuegra, David. Classic Typefaces: American Type and Type Designers

Allworth Press.

2011

Book ID: 88770

The fascinating history of type in America is chronicled through the typefaces and biographies of sixty-two of the most influential type designers, including Linn Boyd Benton, Morris Fuller Benton, and Darius Wells, and through the description and history of nine American type foundries. Complete with samples of 334 different typefaces, and 700 black-and-white illustrations, this eye-popping reference reveals the expansive contribution America has made to the world of type design. 700 black-and-white illustrations

356 pp., b&w illus. Pap.