Scope and Contents This outstanding book traces the history of typographic design through major art movements to a description of new technologies for print design using computers. The chapters include: The Many Faces of Typographic Design; Order out of Chaos-the Russian Avant Garde; The New Typography Crosses the Ocean; The Influence of the Private Presses; Typefaces; Bits, Bytes and Typographic Design. Typefaces are alphabetically listed and their features described as an excellent reference source.This copy is the first edition whereas the duplicate is a first edition, second printing in 1991.Editorial review: Suddenly, the universe of people making typographical decisions has expanded. Effective visual communication through the informed manipulation of the size and style of type, its placement on a two dimensional surface, its integration with graphic material, and the quality of its reproduction is within reach of anyone who has a computer. Typographic Communications Todayplaces this phenomenon...

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This book was developed and designed by Mark Oldach and Rhonda Taira. Society of Typographic Arts in association with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, 1989. Folio, full turquoise linen stamped in magenta and white. 60 pages, with 26 full page plates, each by an internationally acclaimed designer, illustrator or photographer. This copy is the deluxe Issue with each plate signed in pencil by the artist. Starting with "Z" and ending with "A", ZYX: 26 Poetic Portraits is an elegant and entertaining book featuring visual interpretations of each letter in the alphabet by twenty-six internationally acclaimed designers, illustrators and photographers. These imaginative images are complemented by the concrete verses of Rhodes Patterson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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This book was developed and designed by Mark Oldach and Rhonda Taira. Society of Typographic Arts in association with the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, 1989. Folio, full turquoise linen stamped in magenta and white. 60 pages, with 26 full page plates, each by an internationally acclaimed designer, illustrator or photographer. Starting with "Z" and ending with "A", ZYX: 26 Poetic Portraits is an elegant and entertaining book featuring visual interpretations of each letter in the alphabet by twenty-six internationally acclaimed designers, illustrators and photographers. These imaginative images are complemented by the concrete verses of Rhodes Patterson. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

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The cover of this catalogue is laid out a perforation of its title "ZYX" and a cut right side with the shape of a fragmented 'Z.' The catalogue depicts the cover of Ronald King's Alphabeta Concertina, a book held by the Sackner Archive as one of the works in the exhibition. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.