Letter Perfect: The Art of Modernist Typography 1896-1953

by David Ryan

Since Gutenberg and his movable type heralded the world of printing, typography has been continually evolving into a graphic art. Today, thanks to computer technology, the world of graphic design is accessible to everyone. Type size, typeface, leading, boldface, italic -- all these and other typographical considerations are now a part of our visual vocabulary.In a fifty-year period from the turn of the nineteenth century to the 1950s, innovative letterforms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764916157
• ISBN13: 9780764916151
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.4"