The Essential Type Directory offers 1,800 examples of the best in type design, spanning almost 600 years of design history. From classics such as Garamond, Baskerville, Futura, and Helvetica, to more idiosyncratic recent creations such as Gotham and Filosofia, The Essential Type Directory features illuminating profiles of the most important and influential typefaces ever created. Organized by type category-Serif, Sans Serif, Display, and Script-each typeface is presented in uppercase and lowercase alphabetical letters, along with numbers, key punctuation marks, and symbols. This comprehensive guide also features profiles and interviews with leading designers and type foundries, as well as inspirational examples of graphic designs using specific typefaces.
Author(s): Peter Dawson
Edition: 1
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Year: 2019
Language: English
City: New York
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword by Tobias Frere-Jones
Introduction
Epigraph
About the Book
Glossary
Serif
- Calligraphic
- Clarendon Serif
- Geometric Slab Serif
- Glyphic
- Humanist
- Humanist Slab Serif
- Modern / Didone
- Old Style
- Transitional
Sans Serif
- Geometric
- Grotesque / Neo-Grotesque
- Humanist
- Monospaced
- Square Sans
Display
- Amorphous
- Bitmap
- Decorative
- Distressed
- Dot
- Fat Face
- Geometric
- Italienne
- Open Face
- Sans Serif
- Serif
- Slab Serif / Egyptian
- Square Sans
- Stencil
- Tuscan
Script
- Blackletter
- Calligraphic
- Casual Script
- Formal
- Handwriting
Acknowledgments
Discover More
About the Author
Foundry Profiles
- BB-Bureau
- Colophon
- Commercial Type
- Dalton Maag
- Emigre
- Fontsmith
- Forgotten Shapes
- The Foundry
- Frere-Jones Type
- Grilli Type
- Jeremy Tankard Typography
- Milieu Grotesque
- MuirMcNeil
- Neutura
- Or Type
- Playtype
- Typotheque
Designer Profiles
- Ed Benguiat
- Margaret Calvert
- Matthew Carter
- Wim Crouwel
- Adrian Frutiger
- Herb Lubalin
- Erik Spiekermann
- Hermann Zapf
