TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pohlen,Joep
TI  - Letter fountain: [on printing types] 
SN  - 3836554534
AV  - Z250 .P7513 2015
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - Köln
PB  - Taschen
KW  - Type and type-founding
KW  - Handbooks, manuals, etc
KW  - Specimens
KW  - fast
N1  - "The ultimate type reference guide"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (pages 631-639), glossary, appendices, and indexes; -- Lectori salutem; -- 1. The type : It all starts with the sign; -- The Roman and Holy Roman Empires; -- The typographical era; -- A closer look at the type family; -- Type measurement systems; -- Letters and their classification; -- 3 seriffed types and 3 sans-serifs; -- The anatomy of the letter; -- From letter to font; -- The digital formats; -- Digital aesthetics; -- Typographical recommendations; -- The choice of a typeface; -- 2. The typefaces : Seriffed : Monotype Baskerville ; Monotype Bembo ; Berthold Bodoni Antiqua ; Adobe Caslon ; Monotype Centaur ; Linotype Centennial ; Bitstream Clarendon ; Linotype Cochin ; Monotype Ehrhardt ; Adobe Garamond ; Monotype Joanna ; Monotype Rockwell ; Monotype Times New Roman; -- Sans-serif : Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk ; ITC Franklin Gothic ; Linotype Frutiger Next ; Linotype Futura ; Monotype Gill Sans ; Linotype Neue Helvetica ; FontFont Meta Plus ; Linotype Optima ; Linotype Syntax; -- Miscellanea : Berthold Script ; Adobe Carta ; P22 Cézanne Pro ; Ascender Courier New ; FontFont Dingbats ; FontFont ErikRightHand and JustLeftHand ; FontFont Isonorm 3098 ; Linotype Kuenstler Script ; Adobe OCR-A/OCR-B ; Adobe Prestige Elite ; Adobe Trajan ; Adobe Symbol ; ITC Zapf Dingbats
N2  - "Looking back as far as man's first efforts to communicate with visual signs and drawings, this book examines the form and anatomy of letters in the alphabet (as well as punctuation marks and special characters), and cross-references type designs with important works of art and art movements since Gutenberg's times."
ER  -