Type is Beautiful
The Story of Fifty Remarkable Fonts
Distributed for the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
288 pages
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50 halftones
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5 x 8 1/2
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© 2016
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Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Gutenberg’s Bible Type
Jenson’s Roman Type
The Aldine Italics
Fraktur
Garamond
Caslon
Caslon’s English Arabick
Baskerville
Bodoni
Fat Face Italic
Two Lines English Egyptian
Pouchée’s 18 Lines No. 2
Braille
Chinese Advertiser Characters
French Antique
Typewriter Faces
Golden Type
Doves Type
Arnold Böcklin
Cloister Black
Centaur
Goudy Old Style
London Underground
Souvenir
Cooper Black
Neuland
Arrighi
Future
Broadway
Gill Sans
Times New Roman
Peignot
Stencil
Super Veloz
Helvetica
Calypso
Transport
Antique Olive
Data 70
Bloody Hell
Arcadia
Mason
Natwest
Comic Sans
Amanar
Channel 4 Fonts
Guardian Egyptian
Piel Script
Lushootseed
Zulia
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index
Introduction
Gutenberg’s Bible Type
Jenson’s Roman Type
The Aldine Italics
Fraktur
Garamond
Caslon
Caslon’s English Arabick
Baskerville
Bodoni
Fat Face Italic
Two Lines English Egyptian
Pouchée’s 18 Lines No. 2
Braille
Chinese Advertiser Characters
French Antique
Typewriter Faces
Golden Type
Doves Type
Arnold Böcklin
Cloister Black
Centaur
Goudy Old Style
London Underground
Souvenir
Cooper Black
Neuland
Arrighi
Future
Broadway
Gill Sans
Times New Roman
Peignot
Stencil
Super Veloz
Helvetica
Calypso
Transport
Antique Olive
Data 70
Bloody Hell
Arcadia
Mason
Natwest
Comic Sans
Amanar
Channel 4 Fonts
Guardian Egyptian
Piel Script
Lushootseed
Zulia
Bibliography
Picture Credits
Index
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