Libros 1–14

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El anuario Gutenberg de 2010

de Stephan Füssel
Das Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 2010
Descripción El anuario Gutenberg de este año, publicado a finales de junio, se presentó con la premiada escritura Malabar™ de Dan Reynolds. El anuario Gutenberg es la publicación central internacional sobre ciencias bibliográficas por antonomasia y se caracteriza por su gran amplitud en cuanto a la temática – en ella se puede encontrar todo lo que es digno de nombrar, desde los tiempos primitivos de la imprenta hasta la ciencia del libro actual.
La Malabar, aparecida en 2008 en Linotype y varias veces premiada (Ganador del TDC2 2009, Premio al diseño europeo 2009, Premio al diseño alemán 2010) es una tipografía que gracias a su legibilidad resulta especialmente adecuada para publicaciones científicas.

Aquí podrá ver algunos detalles extraídos del Anuario Gutenberg, que muestran la aplicación de la Malabar.
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Adrian Frutiger – Typefaces. The Complete Works

by Heidrun Osterer, Philipp Stamm, Susanne Dickel, and Dylan Spiekermann
Adrian Frutiger – Typefaces. The Complete Works
Descripción The definitive book on the design career of Adrian Frutiger has just been published. This is a must-have for any Frutiger or typography fan!
The book may be ordered in English, French, or German editions.
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Schriftwechsel: Schrift sehen, verstehen, wählen und vermitteln

by Stephanie de Jong and Ralf de Jong
Descripción Some individuals rely on a single typeface for their entire lifetimes. Others can sort through thousands of fonts and still never find the right one for the given moment. Between these two poles, most graphic designers may be found. They pine for typographic orientation and decision-making assistance! For all the members of this group, the Hermann Schmidt publishers in Mainz have released the book “Schriftwechsel” (currently available in German only). Over 300+ pages, the book’s authors Ralf and Stefanie de Jong present their favorite fifty text typefaces; 200 additional selections are also listed, to encourage comparison. The criteria behind their selections is anything but subjective; there is a not unpopular view that designers should just be able to “feel” which typefaces are the correct choices. But “Schriftwechsel’s” authors believe that this situation is just unbelievable, and impossible to objectively ground. Therefore, they suggest more important criteria, such as legibility, readability, and reader comfort, as well as technical aspects including rasterization and format, cost and service, internationality, and the differences between typefaces old and new. “Schriftwechsel” is not a marketing instrument; the book strengthens your decision-making ability. It is a guide that propagates formal and economic criteria for the correct selection of typefaces … a must-have for all designers.
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Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography

by Christopher Burke
Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography
Descripción Jan Tschichold (1902–1974) is considered by many to be the most influential typographer of the twentieth century. A leading voice of the modernist movement, Tschichold oversaw the redesign of the Penguin and Pelican paperbacks in the late 1940s and devised for them a standardized set of typographic rules. The classical type designs of his late career qualify him as perhaps the first typographic postmodernist. Active Literature, an in-depth study of Jan Tschichold’s modernist period, is based on extensive archival research that uncovered a wealth of new photographs of his design work. Author Christopher Burke presents a full portrait of the designer’s career and puts into context Tschichold’s own account of his life and work.
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A History of Graphic Design

by Philip Meggs
A History of Graphic Design
Descripción Presents hundreds of full-color images & new material in many areas, including alphabets, Japanese & Dutch graphics, & the computer revolution which has impacted all aspects of contemporary design & communications.
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Anatomy of a Typeface

by Alexander Lawson
Anatomy of a Typeface
Descripción This book describes in great detail the traits and development of the 20th Century’s most popular book faces. Although Lawson does not specifically cover new digital font designs, most of today’s text faces are revisions or expansions of typefaces designed in the pre-computer era. Over a dozen typefaces are critically examined in this masterful tome; this book is a must for any type historian!
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American Type Design and Designers

by David Consuegra
American Type Design and Designers
Descripción This unique reference-more than 10 years in the making-chronicles the history of type in America through the typefaces and biographies of 62 of the most influential type designers. With coverage of 334 typefaces, complete with samples from both obscure and known publications, this eye-popping reference reveals the contribution America has made to the world of type by Linn Boyd Benton, Morris Fuller Benton, Washington Ludlow, and other legendary designers. An invaluable addition to the bookshelf of every graphic designer, art director, or anyone else who works with type!
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Buchstaben (Geschichte(n): Sie das Alphabet entstand und warum unsere Buchstaben so aussehen

(German) by Max Bollwage
Descripción Este libro es interesante para todos aquellos aficionados al desarrollo de letras y tipos de letra individuales.
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Counterpunch: Making Type in the Sixteenth Century, Designing Typefaces Now

by Fred Smeijers
Counterpunch
Descripción A must read. Provides a lot of basic information, very valuable to modern type designers.
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Creative Lettering Today

by Michael Harvey
Creative Lettering Today
Descripción Creative Lettering Today brings together between its covers a quartet of lettering arts: drawing, calligraphy, carving, and digital lettering. Michael Harvey, an English lettering designer and teacher who has taught often in the Untied States, was already a calligrapher, carver, and type designer, used to drawing every character of a font, when he was commissioned by Adobe Systems to design a typeface. So Harvey moved from the world of hand craftsmanship to that of high technology, and in Creative Lettering Today he demonstrates the full range of techniques - manual and digital - open to those who wish to explore lettering design. Harvey addresses all those who for whatever reason wish to pick up pencil, pen, brush, chisel, or mouse, providing the ideal introduction to the lettering arts.
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Der Typo Atlas

(German) by Günter Schuler
Der Typo Atlas
Descripción The number of available typeface fonts is in the hundreds of thousands. Typo Atlas contains detailed background information and a number of tricks of the trade.
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Die Kunst der Typographie

(German) by Paul Renner
Die Kunst der Typographie
Descripción Paul Renner, the designer of the world famous Futura typeface, was also an accomplished artist, typesetter, and professor. In 1940, he published his typographic theories in a book of his own. This reprint of the original contains typesetting and design tips that are still relevant in today’s digital desktop publishing world, as well as over 70 pages of typographic terms, definitions, and old type samples, creating a peak into what was typographically “in” during the first half of the 20th Century! In addition to being a beautifully designed textbook in its own right, this book shows just how well Futura can be used as a normal text face – the whole book, naturally, was set with it.
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Emigre: Graphic Design into the Digital Realm

by Rudy VanderLans, Zuzana Licko
Emigre: Graphic Design into the Digital Realm
Descripción Oversized to do justice to its highly pictorial contents. Emigré’s ninety-six 11" X 15" pages brimming with ground-breaking Mac-generated typography, illustration, and graphic design culled from the pages of Emigré magazine.
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Helvetica Forever: Story of a Typeface

by Victor Malsy and Lars Müller
Helvetica Forever
Descripción Este libro publicado a tiempo para la Feria del libro 2007 de Frankfurt narra la historia de una famosa fuente tipográfica.
Creada en 1957, Helvetica es un icono del diseño gráfico suizo que, por su parte, fue un modelo de comunicación funcional y sobria durante la posguerra. El aspecto equilibrado y neutral de la Helvetica renuncia a la expresividad – una característica por la que el diseño ha sido tan criticado como admirado. Esta polarización ha contribuido a que la fuente tipográfica adquiera una notoriedad sin parangón.
Helvetica es uno de los tipos más utilizados en la actualidad. Helvetica forever repasa los 50 años de historia del diseño. La compara con otras fuentes sans serif populares del siglo XX y examina el fenómeno de su incomparable difusión. Las ilustraciones del libro muestran la multitud de aplicaciones de la familia en las últimas cinco décadas, incluyendo ejemplos de una amplia variedad de campos – desde el diseño de señales a invitaciones a fiestas.
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Language Culture Type: International Type Design in the Age of Unicode™

by John D. Berry
Language Culture Type
Descripción Language Culture Type grew out of the first international type-design competition, the 2001 bukva:raz!, whose goal was to promote global cultural pluralism, interaction, and diversity in typographic communications. The book lavishly presents the winning entries, along with information about each typeface, its language, and its designer. A series of essays gives context for the interplay of types and languages in the world today – including the attempt to mesh all existing scripts into a single digital encoding system called Unicode. It also delves into the specific issues around developing typefaces for the many linguistic cultures in the world, from the various Cyrillic letterforms to Vietnam’s ancient ideographic script.
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Letters of Credit

by Walter Tracy
Letters of Credit
Descripción A classic book on the construction of letterforms and typefaces. The book includes historical information on each of the type families and designers it examines. The chapter that discusses the correct spacing of letters is a classic. Highly recommended to anyone with a strong interest in typeface design.
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Logo Font & Lettering Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Construction and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols

by Leslie Cabarga
Logo Font & Lettering Bible
Descripción This book-a hands-on guide to the entire logo-making process-combines an enjoyable visual approach with extensive, industry-tested information. It puts the tools of innovative logo making into the hands of designers, giving them the expertise and inspiration they need to create their own lettering and art for truly unique logo design.
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PostScript. Zur Form von Schrift Heute

(German) by Martina Fineder, Eva Kraus, and Andreas Pawlik
PostScript
Descripción Since the mid-1980s, technological developments such as the PostScript language have allowed everyday graphic designers to develop their own fonts, which they could then distribute on their own, alongside the established type foundries. This book covers the diverse history of type design during the PostScript era in German-speaking countries. Over 70 fonts are described, ranging from revised classics and vernacular interpretations to new experimental solutions for typographic communications. Accompanying this excellent visual selection are texts by the editors and essays from Robin Kinross and Walter Pamminger. This book is the companion to an exhibition that was organized by the Künstlerhaus museum in Vienna in 2002. All text is in German.
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Die PostScript- & PDF-Bibel

(German) by Thomas Merz and Olaf Drümmer
Die PostScript- & PDF-Bibel
Descripción PostScript and Acrobat/PDF Bible: applications, troubleshooting and cross-platform publishing.
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Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works

by Erik Spiekermann and E. M. Ginger
Stop Stealing Sheeps and Find Out How Type Works
Descripción Authors show that type is easy to use, easy to understand, and in the hands of a savvy user, a powerful communications tool. You need no previous knowledge of typography to enjoy this book.