Rookledge's international typefinder; The essential handbook of typeface recognition

For the graphic designer and typographer this book will be used, first, as an invaluable working tool enabling the designer quickly to identify and to select particular typefaces for his immediate purposes. Yet, up until now, no single reference source has been available to assist in these processes. A secondary purpose is to help in the process of typeface selection. The graphic designer often has difficulty in obtaining good, comprehensive reference material despite an abundance of typefounders' and typesetters' catalogues. It is the aim of this book to make this job easier and to contribute to the educational experience in the process. This book is divided into two parts, Text and Decorative (noncontinuous text) typefaces. The classification system used in each part is entirely new and does not follow previous established type classifications. The listing of Text typefaces are all, as far as possible, in the normal weight of type for text setting (i.e. regular roman). It was not the editor's intention to include the many other variations of one typeface family (e.g. light, bold, italic, condensed etc.) as it is the regular weight which is most commonly used and which establishes the 'style' characteristics of a particular typeface. The file is bookmarked as shown.