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Scripts : elegant lettering from design's golden age / Steven Heller and Louise Fili.

Fine Arts Library NK3620 .H45 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Heller, Steven.
Contributor:
Fili, Louise.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Lettering.
Calligraphy.
Alphabet books.
Physical Description:
351 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Other Title:
Elegant lettering from design's golden age
Place of Publication:
New York : Thames & Hudson, 2011.
Summary:
"Seen in everything from wedding invitations and birth announcements to advertisements, menus, street signs, and diplomas, script typefaces impart elegance and sophistication to a broad variety of texts. Scripts never go out of style, and the hundreds of inventive examples here, many found in obscure sources from across Europe and America, are sure to inspire today's designers"--Back cover.
Contents:
Introduction
French : scriptes
British : scripts
German : der Schrift
Italian : il corsivo
American : scripts
Further reading.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 350).
ISBN:
9780500515686
0500515689
OCLC:
668194736

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