TYPEBOOKS—RIGHT OFF THE PRESS


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NEW IN APRIL 2002
Calligraphic Type Design in the Digital Age: An Exhibition in Honor of the Contributions of Hermann and Gudrun Zapf
Editors: John Prestianni, The Friends of Calligraphy
Publisher: Gingko Press [Expected April 2002]
ISBN: 1-58423-096-7
Binding: Hardcover, 204pp, 8 1/2" x 10" 100 color, 90 b/w illustrations

Stop Stealing Sheep and find out how type works (2nd Edition)
Authors: Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger
Publisher: Adobe Press [Expected April 2002]
ISBN: 0201703394
Binding: Paperback, 208pp

Fine Print Index: Volumes 1 Through 16
Editor: William Bright, E. M. Ginger, Susan MacMillan
Publisher: Pro Arte Libri [April 2002]
ISBN: 0960729038
Binding: Paperback
 

MARCH 2002
Encyclopedia of Calligraphy Techniques: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to Traditional and Contemporary Techniques
Author: Diana Hardy Wilson
Publisher: Sterling Publications [March 2002]
ISBN: 0806989114
Binding: Paperback, 192pp

Type No Borders No Boundaries No Limits
Editor: Roger Walton
Publisher: Hearst Books [March 2002]
ISBN: 0066213916
Binding: Hardcover, 183pp

Big Book of Typographics 1 and 2
Editors: Roger Walton & B. Duncan
Publisher: Nippon Shuppan Hanbai USA [March 2002]
Binding: Paperback, 448pp
ISBN: 3931884546
 

FEBRUARY 2002
Typography 22: The 22nd Annual of the Type Directors Club
Editor: The Type Directors Club
Publisher: The Type Directors Club/Hearst Books [February 2002]
ISBN: 0-823055574
Binding: Hardcover, 288pp, 11 1/4" x 8 1/2"

Gudrun Zapf von Hesse: Bindings, Handwritten Books, Typefaces, Examples of Lettering and Drawings
Authors: Introduction by Hans A. Halbey, Designed by Hermann Zapf
Publisher: Mark Batty, Publisher [February 2002]
ISBN: 0-9715687-0-7
Binding: Hardcover, 224pp, 8" x 11", 150 color illus, special editions avail.

Big Book of 5000 Fonts : (And Where to Get Them)
Editor: David E. Carter
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications [February 2002]
ISBN: 0823004899
Binding: Paperback, 384pp, 11 1/4" x 8 3/4"

Arabic Typography: A Comprehensive Sourcebook
Author: Huda Smitshuijzen Abifarès
Publisher: Al Saqi Books [February 2002]
ISBN: 0-86356-347-3
Binding: Paperback, 242pp
 

JANUARY 2002
Blackletter: An interpretation of events relating to the time and presence of Johann Gutenberg
Author: Jeffrey Atherton & Gerald Lange
Publisher: The Bieler Press [January 2002]
ISBN: 0-931460-34-4 (numbered); 0-931460-29-8 (lettered)
Binding: 45pp, 9 1/4" x 12 3/4", Limited Editions - 120 numbered/26 lettered, signed, plate, in box

Creative Impulse No. 6
Author: Andrea Lugli
Publisher: Happy Books [January 2002]
ISBN: 88-86416-25-3
Binding: 336pp
 

DECEMBER 2001
Type Companion for the Digital Artist
Author: Robin Mc Allister, Inc. Against the Clock
Publisher: Prentice Hall [December 13, 2001]
ISBN: 0130409936
Binding: Paperback, 192pp, 9 1/8" x 7"

Printing digital type on the hand-operated flatbed cylinder press. (Second Edition)
Author: Gerald Lange
Publisher: The Bieler Press [December 2001]
ISBN: 0-931460-36-0
Binding: pamphlet-sewn, 49pp, 5 3/8" x 8 3/8"
 

NOVEMBER 2001
The World of Alphabets by Hermann Zapf: A Kaleidoscope of Drawings and Letterforms
Author: Hermann Zapf
Publisher: Cary Graphic Arts Press - Melbert B. Cary, Jr. Graphic Arts Collection and Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbuttel, Germany [2001]
ISBN: 0-9713459-0-2
Binding: CD ROM, 12pp insert, 5" x 5 1/2"
 

OCTOBER 2001
Making Digital Type Look Good
Author: Bob Gordon, Designed by Graham Davis
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications [October 2001]
ISBN: 0823029999
Binding: Paperback, 191pp, 10 1/4" x 9 3/8"

The Designers Guide to Symbol & Icon Fonts Online
Editors: Kathleen Ziegler & Nick Greco
Publisher: Hearst Books [October 2001]
ISBN: 0060937777
Binding: Paperback, 175pp, 9 5/8" x 7 1/8"

Encyclopaedia of Typefaces (Paperback Edition)
Authors: W. Pincus Jaspert, W. Turner Berry & A. F. Johnson
Publisher: Seven Dials [October 2001]
ISBN: 1841881392
Binding: Paperback, 416pp, 11 1/2" x 8"
 


COMING SOON

They’re not available yet, but here’s a sneak peek at what’s around the corner. Please Note: The book information presented here may be subject to change by the publishers without notice.

Harry Carter, Typographer
Author: Martyn Thomas & John Lane
Publisher: Old School Press/Oxford University Press [Expected Spring 2002]
ISBN: 1-899933-11-5
Binding: Case-bound, 60pp, limited to 250 copies

A View of Early Typography: Up to about 1600 [Reprint Edition]
Author: Harry Carter
Publisher: Hyphen Press [Expected Spring 2002]
ISBN: 0-906259-21-9
Binding: Paperback, 208pp, 86 b/w pictures, 220 x 145 mm

Unjustified Texts: Perspectives on Typography
Editor: Robin Kinross
Publisher: Hyphen Press [Expected Spring 2002]
ISBN: 0-906259-17-0
Binding: Paperback, 368pp, b&w; illustrations, 210 x 125 mm

Type and Typography
Author: Phil Baines & Andrew Haslam
Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications [Expected July 2002]
ISBN: 0823055248
Binding: Paperback, 192pp

From Latex to Lambda: An Introduction to Digital Typography
Authors: Apostolos Syropoulos & Antonis Tsolomitis
Publisher: [Expected July 2002]
ISBN: 0387952179
Binding: Paperback, 368pp

Type1
Author: Nathan Gale
Publisher: Universe Publishing [Expected July 2002]
ISBN: 0789306883
Binding: Paperback

The Mac is not a Typewriter (Revised Edition)
Author: Robin Williams
Publisher: Peachpit Press [Expected January 2003]
ISBN: 0201782634
Binding: Paperback, 120pp

Stanley Morison & John Fell
Authors: Martyn Ould & Martyn Thomas
Publisher: Old School Press/Oxford University Press [Expected Early 2002]
ISBN: 1-899933-10-7
Binding: Case-bound, 60pp, limited to 250 copies

Typeform Dialogues: A comparative survey of typeform history and description, compiled at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design
Editor: Eric Kindel
Publisher: Hyphen Press [Expected Autumn 2001]
ISBN: 0-907259-15-4
Binding: Paperback w/ CD-Rom, 96pp, 240 x 170 mm, b/w + colour pictures

Swiss Typography?: The typography of Karl Gerstner and Rudolf Hostettler
Author: Paul Barnes
Publisher: Modern Typography [Expected Fall 2000]
ISBN:
Binding: Softcover, 64pp, 105 x 210 mm, Illustrated, 2 colors