Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces

by Rob Carter

Book Overview

Specimens of 38 of the finest type families in the world are brought together in Typographic Specimens: The Great Typefaces, making it an invaluable reference tool for graphic designers, editors, art directors, production managers, desktop publishers, and students. Each type family is shown in display and text specimens with complete fonts including italic and bold variations; extended families such as Futura and Univers include additional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471284297
• ISBN13: 9780471284291
• Release Date: December 1993
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Get Face to Face With the Great Ones

Goes well with Revival of the Fittest also edited by Meggs. This sample book is different in that the faces shown were chosen by other designers. The faces seen in this book are the ones that you will be using 95% of the time. It is always good to study the classic faces in detail to get a better sense of their character and see the posibilities in their shapes.

a magnificent type book

This book presents beautiful specimens of the best typefamilies. Each section (Bodoni, Stone, Gill Sans, Garamond, etc.) opens with an experimental composition by a renowned grapphic designers such as Paula Scher, Louise Fili, Paul Rand, and Wolfgang Weingart. The authors' concise write-up on each typefamily provides the history and discusses its character and usage.