The ABC of Typography
David Rault, Edward Gauvin (translator)
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“Eleven artists, eleven chapters from cuneiform to Comic Sans, the whole thing is lent a gorgeous graphic identity by none other than the cantankerous, radical underground cartoonist and diehard indie Jean-Christophe Menu. As a founding member of L’Association, he masterminded their selection and design of forgotten classics brought back into print. Together, they’ve created a bristling yet unified history of a ubiquitous yet somehow still niche subject. Serifs, frakturs, Gutenberg, Garamond, Gill Sans, Bauhaus, newspapers and Letraset.” Read more...
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