Fifty Typefaces That Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty - Hardcover

Waters, John L.

 
9781840916294: Fifty Typefaces That Changed the World: Design Museum Fifty
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 184091629X ISBN 13: 9781840916294
Verlag: Conran, 2013

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See the 50 most influential fonts not just on the page of the book, but in use on cellphone screens, billboard posters, perfume packaging, aircraft hulls, buildings and more. This witty, engaging insight into the meanings of type ranges from classical Rome to the digital future, via pivotal moments over the past few hundred years.

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John L.Waters is editor of the beautiful and collectible graphic design magazine Eye. He also writes about creative music for The Guardian newspaper in the UK, and is a successful music producer and artist.

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The digital revolution has made typesetters of us all as we define our identities through the typefaces we choose to communicate with the world. In this witty and insightful book John L Waters explores 50 of the most influential typefaces and shows them in use on posters, perfume packaging, buildings and more.
From the power of Gotham - the typeface used in Obama's first presidential campaign - to Wim Crouwel's digital-taming New Alphabet, this is a book of visual treats and wonderful stories.

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Verlag
Conran
Erscheinungsdatum
2013
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
184091629X
ISBN 13 
9781840916294
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
106
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