Twentieth-Century Type

By Lewis Blackwell

Book Overview

Twentieth-Century Type surveys the significant issues that have shaped the history and evolution of typography and graphic design, showing how current typographic trends are part of a continuously... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084781596X
• ISBN13: 9780847815968
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 3.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.7" x 12.3"

Customer Reviews

great reference

This book is one of my favorites as far as type books. It is a great reference and the layout is easy to navigate.

Great Overview of the 20th Century

This is a great book containing a very good overview of the 20th century changes in typography. It covers everything from pre-art nouveau to postmodernism. A good resource for any design or typography library. My only complaint is that Blackwell waxes a bit too poetic on 1990's postmodernism. Also, they used a tight-fitting Helvetica for the body copy - so reading it takes some effort. This is certainly worth having in your collection.