The Type Specimen Book

The Type Specimen Book
Author: V&M Typographical, Inc.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 652
Release: 1991-01-16
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780471289531

This is a well designed type specimen book displaying samples of type that was available from V&M Typographic in the 1970s. The displays are of their metal type library and should prove helpful to anyone interested in the selection of type from large typographers at that time. There is a one line sample of each face at the beginning of the book. Anyone interested in type in the pre-digital world of type should find this book of interest

Bulletin

Bulletin
Author: Harvard University. Bureau of Business Research
Publisher:
Total Pages: 122
Release: 1918
Genre: United States
ISBN:

Type Specimens

Type Specimens
Author: Dori Griffin
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2021-12-30
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1350116629

Type Specimens introduces readers to the history of typography and printing through a chronological visual tour of the books, posters, and ephemera designed to sell fonts to printers, publishers, and eventually graphic designers. This richly illustrated book guides design educators, advanced design students, design practitioners, and type aficionados through four centuries of visual and trade history, equipping them to contextualize the aesthetics and production of type in a way that is practical, engaging, and relevant to their practice. Fully illustrated throughout with 200 color images of type specimens and related ephemera, the book illuminates the broader history of typography and printing, showing how letterforms and their technologies have evolved over time, inspiring and guiding designers of today.