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Type Revivals - SAVE 30%!

Type Revivals - SAVE 30%!

by Jerry Kelly

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Godine

Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-56792-647-7
Pages: 189
Size: 8" x 11"
Published: October 2019
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An indispensable guide to hundreds of important modern versions of earlier typefaces, presenting clear and concise discussions of origins, permutations, and contemporary digital availability.

For typographers, revival type forms an integral part of their font repertoire. Older classics such as Baskerville, Garamond, and Bodoni are imbedded fonts in standard operating system collections and continue to serve their users well, being the trusted go-to tools of the best professional designers. All revivals are digital interpretations of lost originals. In almost every case, there is, and has to be, considerable selection, revising, and re-formatting involved. The nature of such work is little understood or appreciated. The definition, application, and use of type revivals has been neglected, or worse, misunderstood. Jerry Kelly's Type Revivals sheds new light on the subject. No one in a position to select a typeface, or use type in a book work, should be without it.

"Kelly's attention to detail, his meticulous archival research, and his craftsmanship as a book designer is clearly evident in the production of Type Revivals." Publishing Research Quarterly
Jerry Kelly
Jerry Kelly is a calligrapher, book designer, and type designer. Before starting his own design business in 1998, Kelly was Vice President of The Stinehour Press, preceded by a decade as designer at A. Colish. Kelly’s work has been honored numerous times, and his book designs have been selected more than thirty times for the AIGA “Fifty Books of the Year.” In 2015 he was presented with the 28th Goudy Award from RIT. Kelly has served as Chairman of the American Printing History Association, President of The Typophiles, and an active member of several committees at The Grolier Club. He has written many articles as well as several books on calligraphy and typography, including The Noblest Roman: The Centaur Types (co-authored with Misha Beletsky; winner of the 2016 Bibliographical Society of America Prize) and, most recently, Type Revivals.