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Title: Typography: An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History by Friedrich Friedl, Nicolaus Ott, Bernard Stein ISBN: 1-57912-023-7 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub Pub. Date: July, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.29 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Superb reference book - a must purchase
Comment: I teach university level Graphic Design and Typography and brought my copy into class, like I do many books, hoping to inspire my students. If anyone has ever taught young college students, inspiration doesn't always come as we expect. Most of the time they give a half willing glance with little comment. However, when I brought this book into class, showed them the contents, and then noted the price, their interests immediately grew. It is an extremely large book and full of examples or overviews of everyone throughout history who has made contributions into design and type. It is not meant to be an exhaustive book on the subject and there were some designers and artists which possibly needed or deserved more exposure. However, it sparked enough interest in my students that before the class was over I had five students signing their name for me to order them a copy.
Once those interested received their copies, I heard them speaking among themselves and one particular young man, who seldom has anything positive to say, said to his friend. "It's an awesome book dude. You should come over sometime and look at it."
I recommend this book for anyone needing a little inspiration. It touches the tip of the ice berg, but sometimes that is all it takes!
Rating: 5
Summary: This Book Amazes Me
Comment: As a professor of Visual Communication, I recommend this book to all of my design students and collegues for several reasons:
a) it is an excellent reference for finding information on typographers, influential institutions and design movements.
b) it is hard to find a page in this book that doesn't ask to be looked at closer-the entire book is in full color, with examples of posters, magazines, parchments... anything with type that is influential. The examples chosen are excellent and well placed. Many books only have black and white examples with just a few in color. It is hard to visually understand a design without its full dressing. This book shows works in their original glory.
c) the price is very modest for what you get in return.
You will wear out this book-buy two!
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Reference
Comment: This book, for the price, is a must-have for any graphic designer's library. It's great to skim through for inspiration or to look up individual designers' biographies.
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Title: The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst ISBN: 0881791326 Publisher: Hartley & Marks Publishers Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: A History of Graphic Design by Philip Meggs ISBN: 0471291986 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 24 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Looking Closer 4: Critical Writings on Graphic Design by Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, Steven Heller ISBN: 1581152353 Publisher: Allworth Press Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop by Timothy Samara ISBN: 1564968936 Publisher: Rockport Publishers Pub. Date: February, 2003 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Second Edition by Erik Spiekermann, E.M Ginger ISBN: 0201703394 Publisher: Adobe Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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