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Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering / Jan Tschichold

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Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering / Jan Tschichold

Jan Tschichold

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TREASURY | OF ALPHABETS | AND ONIVERSIN Ss BIBLiOLrHOA ‘Thiscdiion published 1985 by Omega Books Lid, 1 West Stree, Ware, Hertfordshire, unde cence from the proprietor “Translated by Wolf von Eckacdt, Copyright © Otto Maier Vela, Ravensburg, Germany. Originally published in Germany underthe site _Meinerach do Sct by Oto Mater Verag, Ravensburg, ‘Germany. Alleges reserved. Nort of this pobliction may ‘pe reproduced stoted ina zeteleval system, coc tranamited in any form orby ay means electronic mechanical, photocopying, cording or otherwise, “without the plor permission of the publishers, ISBN1 85007 007 5 Printed and bound ia England by Mackays of Chatham CONTENTS Foreword 9 Lettering as a Work of Art B Good and Bad Letters 16 ‘The Older Letter Forms 23 Recent Letter Forms 35 Classification and Nomenclature of Basic Letter Forms = 28 ‘The Use of Capitals 29 Word Spacing of Capitals at Line Spacing of Capitals 32 Arranging Lower Case Letters 34 Word Spacing in Lower Case Lines 37 Line Spacing of Lower Case Letters 37 Selection of the Correct Letter Style - 38 Layout of Lettering and Signs 40 Beautiful Proportions of Signs 4 About the Ampersand 4s Plates 49-224 Notes on the Plates : 227 Index 235 > VS

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