Celtic and Medieval Alphabets: 53 Complete Fonts

by Dan X. Solo

Book Overview

Inspired by the calligraphy of the Middle Ages, this treasury of unusual fonts features Gothic typefaces such as Lowenbrau, Kaiser, and Hansa along with the lighter styles of Leipzig, Tory, and Hamburg. 53 fonts.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0486400336
• ISBN13: 9780486400334
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

Great for typographers with such particular interest

This is one straight forward book. It delivers what it says: complete fontfaces from the early gothic period mainly on england, nordic, and celtic cultures. a complete set of characters of a font is spread on single pages, most of them at only one and the same point size. They vary from simple strokes to some of the most ornamented and complex sets ever created. Don't expect information concerning the background of the fonts or any other contextual related content.

bread and butter - no jam

This text is not a coffee table art book. And at first I was disappointed in my purchase but it had what I was looking for as far as bare bones examples of celtic alphabets. For the price I should not have expected a "pretty" book. But it gives many clear and useable examples of illuminated letters for those who are looking for exactly that. For this reason it was worth the money.