Albertus
The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
$32.18
- Hardcover
144 pages
- Release Date
5 February 2024
Summary
One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world, Albertus is also one of the most enduring.
The face of thousands of book jackets, and the chosen look for David Bowie, Coldplay, Star Wars and London street signs, Albertus is as as warmly enticing on film posters as it is on memorial plaques.
The story of the font is one displacement (its designer Berthold Wolpe was a German Jewish refugee who went on to design the masthead for The Times), but also one of …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399609241 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399609246 |
| Author: | Simon Garfield |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 5 February 2024 |
| Weight: | 220g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 138mm x 24mm |
| Series: | The ABC of Fonts |
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About The Author
Simon Garfield
Simon Garfield is the author of the international bestsellers Just My Type, On the Map and Mauve, while To the Letter was one of the inspirations for the theatre shows Letters Live with Benedict Cumberbatch. His study of AIDS in Britain, The End of Innocence, won the Somerset Maugham prize.
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