Graphic designers will enrich their understanding of American type design and type designers with this unique and extensive reference. The fascinating history of type in America is chronicled through the typefaces and biographies of sixty-two of the most influential type designers, including Linn Boyd Benton, Morris Fuller Benton, and Darius Wells, and through the description and history of nine American type foundries. Complete with samples of 334 different typefaces, and 700 black-and-white illustrations, this eye-popping reference reveals the expansive contribution America has made to the world of type design.
- ISBN10 1581158947
- ISBN13 9781581158946
- Publish Date 27 October 2011 (first published 10 October 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Skyhorse Publishing
- Imprint Allworth Press,U.S.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 320
- Language English