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Revival Type Paul Shaw

Revival Type By Paul Shaw

Revival Type by Paul Shaw


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Summary

A wide-ranging survey of revival typefaces focusing on digital fonts with roots in the past.

Revival Type Summary

Revival Type: Digital typefaces inspired by the past by Paul Shaw

Revival Type is a collection of contemporary digital fonts with origins in the past. Examples include direct revivals of metal and wood typefaces, while others are looser interpretations of older typefaces. Among the fonts are interpretations of classic designs by Nicolas Jenson, Claude Garamont, Robert Granjon, William Caslon, John Baskerville, Giambattista Bodoni, Firmin Didot and other iconic names. Alongside them are typefaces rooted in the work of important, though lesser known, names such as Eudald Pradell, Philippe Grandjean and Richard Austin. Finally, there are updates and revisions of 20th-century classics like Palatino, Meridien, DIN, Metro and Neue Haas Grotesk (the original name of Helvetica). Some designs are not revivals of typefaces but of letterforms, from inscriptions to calligraphic manuals to letters in posters and bookjackets. Some revivals are aesthetic extensions of 20th-century typefaces that have been updated technologically. Others are actually reinterpretations or variations on typefaces from the past necessitated by having to make types that function in the 21st century and not in the distant past. Re:Type looks at type 'revivals' in this broad manner.

Revival Type Reviews

'Simply the best recent publication about type ... a book of real scholarship, inspiringly delivered' - Eye

About Paul Shaw

Paul Shaw is the award-winning designer or co-designer of 18 typefaces. He also teaches at Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts.

Table of Contents

Typeface Revivals: Copies, Models and Muses * Type Terminology * A Note on this Book Inscriptional: Ancient Rome to the Baroque Era * Blackletter * Oldstyle: Nicolas Jenson to William Caslon * Chancery Italics * Transitional * Neoclassical * Slab Serif * Sans Serif: Grotesque, Geometric, and Humanist * 20th-Century: Serif Types from Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue to Adrian Frutiger * Display: Wood Type, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and More * Scripts: Pointed Pen and Brush * Further Reading

Additional information

GOR009866552
9780500241516
0500241511
Revival Type: Digital typefaces inspired by the past by Paul Shaw
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
20170316
256
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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