The Type Specimen Book: 544 Different Typefaces with Over 3000 Sizes Shown in Complete Alphabets

By V. & M. Typographical

Book Overview

This is a well designed type specimen book displaying samples of type that was available from V&M Typographic in the 1970s. The displays are of their metal type library and should prove helpful to anyone interested in the selection of type from large typographers at that time. There is a one line sample of each face at the beginning of the book. Anyone interested in type in the pre-digital world of type should find this book of interest

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471289531
• ISBN13: 9780471289531
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 3.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

great resource for complete font sets

I really find this book useful for hand lettering fonts. It has complete sets of serif and sans serif fonts and most have a large size option that is nice for tracing cleanly. I find the ability to randomly trace letters without having to jump back to the computer really helps keeps the creative juice flowing. It is especially good when I need lettering for posters.