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"With this book, TASCHEN has placed the cream of Tholenaar's collection within the reach of the reader, with the publishing house's usual attention to faithful and beautiful reproduction. The title positions the book as a comprehensive survey of the history of typography, but it's more a reflection of one man's taste. Type is no dry catalogue; in fact, it's delightfully eccentric."
Arts and Antiques, Los Angeles
États-Unis
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"This book offers a connoisseur's overview of typeface design, exploring the most elegant fonts from the history of publishing. Taken from a distinguished Dutch collection, this exuberant two-volume edition traces the evolution of the printed letter via exquisitely designed catalogs, showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters and decorations are also included, along with lithographic examples, letters by signwriters, inscription carvers, and calligraphers."
MarthaMoments.com, New York
États-Unis
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"Das Vorwort kommentiert fachkundig und der Abbildungsteil ist sorgfältig gedruckt."
Docma, Essen
Allemagne
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"Wie immer hat der TASCHEN-Verlag beim Druck in hohe Qualität investiert und bietet für Schriftarten-Sammler eine sehr günstige Übersicht ... Heutige Typografen dürften auch die eine oder andere Inspiration aus dem Buch ziehen können ... Was will das Sammlerherz mehr?"
BuchTest.de, Berlin
Allemagne
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"Der Kölner TASCHEN-Verlag legt erneut ein gigantisches ‚must-have'-Projekt auf. Dieses Mal handelt es sich um nichts Geringeres als eine Schriftgeschichte von 1628 bis in die Gegenwart."
Novum, München
Allemagne
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"L'enciclopedico volume - primo di una serie di due - include anche iniziali, ornamenti, decorazioni e spettacolari esempi del loro utilizzo in pagine composte con i primi caratteri in piombo."
Case & Stili, Senigallia
Italie
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"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, Sydney
Australie
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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 York
États-Unis
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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, Dijon
France
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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, Paris
France
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