The New Typography, 2nd Edition
A Handbook for Modern Designers
$130.46
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2006
Summary
Since its initial publication in Berlin in 1928, Jan Tschichold’s The New Typography has been recognized as the definitive treatise on book and graphic design in the machine age. First published in English in 1995, with an excellent introduction by Robin Kinross, this new edition includes a foreword by Rich Hendel, who considers current thinking about Tschichold’s life and work.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780520250123 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0520250125 |
| Author: | Jan Tschichold, Ruari McLean, Richard Hendel, Robin Kinross |
| Publisher: | University of California Press |
| Imprint: | University of California Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2006 |
| Weight: | 544g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 146mm x 210mm |
| Series: | Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism (Paperback) |
Critics Review
” The New Typography is an outstanding source of inspiration, which … deserves every inch of its legendary status.“– Computer Arts Projects
“The New Typography is an outstanding source of inspiration, which … deserves every inch of its legendary status.” Computer Arts Projects
Jan Tschichold
Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) worked as a typographer and teacher in Germany, Switzerland, and England. He became internationally known in 1925 with the publication of Elementary Typography and oversaw the typographic reform of Penguin Books. Ruari McLean, a Scottish typographer and scholar, is the author of Jan Tschichold: Typographer. Robin Kinross is a London typographer. Richard Hendel is Design and Production Manager at University of North Carolina Press.
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