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The Serif Fairy has lost her wing, keeping her from performing magic. This book follows her through an airy, immaculately designed typographic landscape as she tries to recover the wing. Along the way, she makes friends and has adventures as she wanders through the Garamond forest, visits Futura town and eventually ends her quest at Shelley Lake. An amazing book for type aficionados and their children, The Serif Fairy epitomizes the synthesis of form and function,… More >>
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Type permeates our visual world, as it is a primary means of communication. But, the printed letter can move beyond its function as a tool to become an expressive art form relating information with its appearance. The size, weight, color, and design of a typeface is as much a part of the message or idea as the choice of words or tone of the message. Letter Perfect explores the artistic facet of the style, arrangement, appearance, and recent accelerated evolution … More >>
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• Includes 2 extensive timecharts, one on type designers, one on the evolution of writing and printing—reference at a glance
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