Palatino : the natural history of a typeface /

Palatino : the natural history of a typeface / Robert Bringhurst.

"Provides a detailed ... history of the evolution of all members of the Palatino tribe: Foundry Palatino, Linotype Palatino, Michelangelo, Sistina, Aldus, Heraklit, Phidias, American Palatino, Enge Aldus, Linofilm Palatino, Zapf Renaissance, PostScript Palatino, Palatino Nova, Aldus Nova, and P...

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Main Author: Bringhurst, Robert (Author)
Other Authors: Kelly, Jerry, 1955- (Printer)
Other title:Natural history of a typeface.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California : The Book Club of California, 2016.
Series:Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 235.
Subjects:
Palatino type.
Type and type-founding > Specimens.
Type and type-founding > History.
Printing > Specimens.
Printing > History.
Letterpress printing > History.
Graphic design (Typography) > History.
Graphic design (Typography)
Letterpress printing.
Printing.
Type and type-founding.
History.
Specimens.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Aldus Buchschrift.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Palatino Sans.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Palatino.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Zapf Renaissance Italic.
Typefaces (Type evidence) > Aldus.
Table of Contents:
  • From Medici to Michaelangelo
  • Haraklit, Aldus, and American Palatino
  • The retreat to two dimensions
  • Lyricism reborn
  • Digital linotype
  • Aldus Nova and Palatino Nova
  • Palatino Unserifed
  • The ecology of letterforms.

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