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Description edit
Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Combining the practical, theoretical, and historical, this edition is completely updated, with a thorough exploration of the newest innovations in intelligent font... read more
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- Hermann Zapf: Add a description of this character.
- Arrighi
- Palatino
- Adrian Frutiger
- Claude Garamond
- Jan Van Krimpen
- Frederic Goudy
- Fournier
- Robert Slimbach
- Nicolas Jenson
- Eric Gill
- Scala
- Carol Twombly
- Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse
- Diotima
- Francesco Griffo
- Cyrillic
- Jose Mendoza
- Gutenberg
- Stempel
- Matthew Carter
- Futura
- Haarlemmer
- Bembo
- Walbaum
- Martin Majoor
- Renner
- Fleischman
- Faulkner
- Bodoni
- Traj
- Robert Granjon
- Frederic Warde
- Bruce Rogers
- Georg Trump
- Van Dijck
- Janson
- Fairbank
- Karlgeorg Hoefer
- Stanley Morison
- Firmin Didot
- Gerard Unger
- Fibonacci
- Romantic
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- Paris
- Venice
- Europe
- Rome
- Germany
- Italy
- Frankfurt
- Netherlands
- New York
- Greece
- Apollo
- England
- North America
- Sabon
- Aldine
- Norway
- Caslon
- Flora
- Usa
- Clarendon
- Amsterdam
- Athens
- Berkeley
- Helvetica
- Caecilia
- Fairfield
- Prague
- Mexico
- China
- Oregon
- Berlin
- Richard Austin
- Washington
First Sentence edit
Like oratory, music, dance, calligraphy - like anything that lends its grace to language - typography is an art that can be deliberately misused.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Bringhurst (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 686.224
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