Type. A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles. 1628–1900 - Reviews
"Fonts have a beauty that often can only be appreciated by typographers, but in Type, even the uninitiated will be seduced by the flourishes and embellishments that elevate print to an art form. The typefaces depicted from 1628-1900 range from the excessively ornamental to the austere, and give recognition to their creators, such as Claude Garamond, Giambattista Bodoni and William Caslon."Australian Financial Review magazine, SydneyAustralia |
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"Type offers a generous selection of pages from some of the most historically significant and largely forgotten typeface volumes...as the subtitle states, this is a "visual" confection devoted to milestones that defined the typographic language of the times."New York Times, New YorkUnited States |
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"TASCHEN's new book based on Jan Tholenaar's private collection of 'diverse letters and ornaments with examples of artistic printing' is a reminder that we have neglected this complexity for too long. Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles which comes in two substantial volumes that cover the period 1628-1938, is gratifyingly personal. There is little to suggest that the material collected is in any way delimited by genre, technique, industry, or subject matter. The overriding imperative for Tholenaar's collection seems to have been his admiration for originality and inventiveness... These TASCHEN books remind us that to design while ignoring the wealth of forms of the nineteenth century is professionally shallow and blinkered. These volumes can be a source of unbridled inspiration for the typeface designers as well as designers working in a relatively conservative time that there is plenty of room for invention. As for those who say 'it's all been done before', these volumes go further, pointing out that, in many ways, more was done before. As they are, the two volumes would be a good enough addition to any designer's library to merit their modest cost but there is a considerable bonus: with every book comes a key card with which to access all the images in the collection free of copyright, and in reasonably high resolution... The wealth of typographic detail in the TASCHEN books hits designers at the exact moment when they are trying to figure out how to translate identity and style in a mutable interface. It would not be surprising if the formal richness represented in the books triggered a revival of asymmetric borders and subtle patterning as a unifying element in typographic design across media... The books propel the imagination in new directions, and are more fun to go through than most design annuals."Eye Magazine, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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"Ces milliers de polices et leur infinie variété, classiques ou décadentes, grossières ou raffinées, occupent une large part dans ce formidable florilège, véritable régal pour les yeux. "Le choix de la typographie et l'implication du graphiste peuvent vous transporter dans un autre monde", souligne Cess W.Jong, à l'origine du projet éditorial. Ce livre en est la vivante illustration."Art&Métiers du Livre, DijonFrance |
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"Si la conception multilingue de l'ouvrage rend parfois la navigation difficile, la haute qualité visuelle du document - format des images, impression quatre couleurs + or, acabit des créations - invitera inexorablement le lecteur à se perdre dans ce large volume."étapes, ParisFrance |
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"I love the way typography - in the hands of a skilled designer - can take the place of photographs or illustration. This would make a great gift for anyone who loves design."Seattle Homes Magazine, SeattleUnited States |
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"As a companion to Type, 1,000 images of type specimens can be downloaded for unrestricted use from TASCHEN.com using a key card. They are of excellent quality and high-resolution versions can exceed 300 DPI at real size...These images alone are worth many times the cost of the book; if you download two of them you have broken even on the cost of paying a library for a high-quality book scan...layouts are thoughtful, considerate of content, and never become monotonous. Now and then a specimen is stripped down to just the letters and printed in gold, a treatment type does not get often enough...I do not know of a better tour of ornamented type specimens, and I doubt there will be one."ILoveTypography.com, New York CityUnited States |
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"TASCHEN ist manchmal wie H&M: Die Kreationen werden zum Hit und nirgends sonst bekommt man so viel Stil für so wenig Geld. Mit diesem Titel wird TASCHEN einen ganz ähnlichen Coup landen ... Ein Juwel mit hohem Nutzen: 360 Seiten, perfekt produziert mit - und das ist der Clou - einer Datenbank mit highres Abbildungen."Slanted.de, KarlsruheGermany |
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"Un ouvrage à découvrir de toute urgence."francegraphique.comFrance |
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"This is one for graphic design purists."125 magazine, LondonUnited Kingdom |
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Type. A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles. 1628–1900
Cees W. de Jong, Alston W. Purvis, Jan Tholenaar
Hardcover + Image database, 9.8 x 12.5 in., 360 pages, $ 59.99 |
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Bodoni. Manual of Typography – Manuale tipografico (1818) Hardcover, 8.7 x 12.6 in., 1208 pages, $ 69.99 The birth of the legendary typeface. The complete reproduction of Bodoni's rare masterwork |
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Letter Fountain Hardcover, 6.6 x 9.4 in., 640 pages, $ 69.99 The anatomy of letters. Everything you could ever want to know about printing letters and numbers |