Sans Serif
The Ultimate Sourcebook of Classic and Contemporary Sans Serif Typography
Cees W. de Jong
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| ‘You don’t have to be a typographer to appreciate this rather lovely volume … should have you purring like a pussycat’ | | – Grafik |
This handy sourcebook provides an accessible and easy-to-use selection of sans serif typefaces in current use, as well as sketches and first proofs by type designers.
Along with classic sans serifs, it features redesigned typefaces such as Frutiger Next, from the old master Adrian Frutiger himself, and exquisite contemporary typefaces such as Tetria, Ambigue, Linotype Syntax, Compatil Fact , Fedra, Diverda, Textra, LT Vialog, Hildegard and Noa.
Brimming with illustrations, and offering many insights into the relationship between typography and graphic design, this book will be an essential sourcebook for designers everywhere.
Cees W. de Jong is director of the design studio and publishing company V+K Design-Publishing.
Also of interest:
Type Selector: The User-Friendly Font Swatch
Creative Type: A Sourcebook of Classic and
Contemporary Letterforms
A2Z and More Signs
Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age
The Typographic Experiment: Radical Innovation in
Contemporary Type Design
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|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500513112 | | ISBN-13 978-0500513118 | | | | 24.5 x 17.2 cm | | Hardback | | 400pp | | Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout | | First published 2006 | | | | £29.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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