20th-Century Type: New and Revised Edition

by Lewis Blackwell

Book Overview

Twentieth-Century Type surveys the significant issues that have shaped the history and evolution of typography and graphic design, showing how current typographic trends are part of a continuously changing movement that can be plotted through the decades. Generously illustrated with over three hundred examples--more than two hundred of which are in color--the book charts significant topics including the arrival of mass-production;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300100736
• ISBN13: 9780300100730
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

great reference

This book is one of my favorites as far as type books. It is a great reference and the layout is easy to navigate.

Great Overview of the 20th Century

This is a great book containing a very good overview of the 20th century changes in typography. It covers everything from pre-art nouveau to postmodernism. A good resource for any design or typography library. My only complaint is that Blackwell waxes a bit too poetic on 1990's postmodernism. Also, they used a tight-fitting Helvetica for the body copy - so reading it takes some effort. This is certainly worth having in your collection.