Anatomy of a Typeface

"Anatomy of a Typeface" is a book on typefaces written by Alexander Lawson and "First published in 1990 by David R. Godine, Publisher" ["Anatomy of a Typeface", Alexander Lawson, Godine, 1990.] . The book is notable for devoting entire chapters to the development and uses of individual or small groupings of typefaces. Beyond "Anatomy of a Typeface" Lawson has considered and discussed the classification of types. Within "Anatomy", Lawson arranges the typefaces by classification. In his preface, Lawson qualifies his classification: "After using this system in the teaching of typography over a thirty-year period, I know that it is reasonably effective in the initial study of printing types. I am not disposed to consider it faultless by any means. A classification system, after all, is simply a tool ... Its primary purpose is to help people become familiar with these forms preparatory to putting them to effective and constructive typographic use." ["Anatomy of a Typeface", Alexander Lawson, Godine, 1990.]

Following are the thirty-one chapters of "Anatomy of a Typeface": the Black-letter Types: Goudy Text and Hammer Uncial; Old Style Types: Cloister Old Style, Centaur, Bembo, Arrighi, Dante, Goudy Old Style, Palatino, Garamond, Galliard, Granjon, Sabon, Janson, Caslon, Baskerville, Bodoni, Bulmer, Bell, Oxford, Caledonia, Cheltenham, and Bookman; Newspaper Types: Times Roman; Twentieth-century Gothics: Franklin Gothic; Square-serif Revival: Clarendon; Humanist Sans-serif Types: Optima; Geometric Sans-serif Types; Futura; and Script, Cursive, and Decorated Types; Type Making from Punch to Computer. ["Anatomy of a Typeface", Alexander Lawson, Godine, 1990.]

The third printing of "Anatomy" appeared in 2002.

ee also

* "The Elements of Typographic Style"

References

* "Anatomy of a Typeface", Alexander S. Lawson, Godine, 1990. (ISBN 978-0879233334)

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