Asymmetric Typography

Tschichold, Jan

Verlag: Faber and Faber Limited in co-operation with Cooper & Beatty Ltd., London/Toronto, 1967

Beschreibung

Black cloth with title in silver on spine. Condition: Good, with light shelfwear to covers. No inscriptions. Some light foxing to textblock edges. Binding sound. Dustjacket condition: Fair, the title on the spine has been bleached out by the sun. Generally shelfworn with a couple of small repaired tears, some light soiling and foxing and a scratchmark across the word asymmetric on the front cover of the jacket. Not price-clipped. 94pp. Several colour and b/w illustrations. This book is the first English translation (translated by Ruari Maclean) of Jan Tschichold's book first published in Switzerland in 1935. Tschichold discusses in detail the application of asymmetric design to different printing methods such as gravure, offset and letterpress. In addition, there are also detailed chapters on typographic refinements concerning type setting, grouping, line endings, tables, colours and paper. Each chapter is also illustrated with practical examples printed in several colours. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008120

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Asymmetric Typography

Verlag: Faber and Faber Limited in co-operation with Cooper & Beatty Ltd., London/Toronto

Erscheinungsdatum: 1967

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Good

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair