Rookledge's classic international type finder : the essential handbook of typeface recognition and selection.
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| Author / Creator: | Perfect, Christopher. |
|---|---|
| Edition: | Rev. [ed.] |
| Imprint: | London : Laurence King Pub., 2004. |
| Description: | 279 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5546257 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface to this revised edition / Adrian Frutiger
- Pt. 1. Text typefaces
- 1. Sloping e-bar (Venetian serif)
- 2. Angled stress/oblique serifs (old style serif)
- 3. Vertical stress/oblique serifs (transitional serif)
- 4. Vertical stress/straight serifs (new transitional serif)
- 5. Abrupt contrast/straight serifs (modern serif)
- 6. Slab serif
- 7. Wedge serif (hybrid serif)
- 8. Sans Serif
- Pt. 2. Decorative (non-continuous text) typefaces
- 1. Flowing scripts
- 2. Non-flowing scripts (including blackletter & uncial)
- 3. Unmodified (formal text shape)
- 4. Fat & thin face (modified & unmodified)
- 5. Ornamental
- 6. Modified serif
- 7. Modified sans serif
- 8. Modified outrageous
- App. 1. Typefinder classification system/British standards classification
- App. 2. Biographical notes on leading type designers by Sarah Rookledge.
