Letter fountain : (on printing types) /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pohlen, Joep
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Köln : Taschen, [2011]
Edition:	4th ed.
Subjects:	Type and type-founding > Handbooks, manuals, etc. Type and type-founding > Specimens.

Table of Contents:

Lectori salutem
1. The type : It all starts with the sign
The Roman and Holy Roman Empires
The typographical era
A closer look at the type family
Type measurement systems
Letters and their classification
3 seriffed types and 3 sans-serifs
The anatomy of the letter
From letter to font
The digital formats
Digital aesthetics
Typographical recommendations
The choice of a typeface
2. The typefaces : Seriffed : Monotype Baskerville ; Monotype Bembo ; Berthold Bodoni Antiqua ; Adobe Caslon ; Monotype Centaur ; Linotype Centennial ; Bitstream Clarendon ; Linotype Cochin ; Monotype Ehrhardt ; Adobe Garamond ; Monotype Joanna ; Monotype Rockwell ; Monotype Times New Roman
Sans-serif : Berthold Akzidenz Grotesk ; ITC Franklin Gothic ; Linotype Frutiger Next ; Linotype Futura ; Monotype Gill Sans ; Linotype Neue Helvetica FontFont Meta Plus ; Linotype Optima ; Linotype Syntax
Miscellanea : Berthold Script ; Adobe Carta ; P22 Cézanne Pro ; Adobe Courier ; FontFont Dingbats ; FontFont ErikRightHand & JustLeftHand ; FontFont Isonorm 3098 ; Linotype Kuenstler Script ; Adobe OCR-A/OCR-B ; Adobe Prestige Elite ; Adobe Trajan ; Adobe Symbol ; ITC Zapf Dingbats
Appendix : Timeline of type founders
Glossary.