Fraktur mon Amour

TRAMA

"Fraktur Mon Amour" reproduces 300 variations of Blackletter, ranging from historical fonts to contemporary reinventions, in a sensuous, beautifully crafted, hot-pink prayer-book style catalog that is destined to become a fetish object for designers and type enthusiasts. Each Blackletter font is presented on a full page along with its complete alphabet, date of origin, the name of its designer, and original foundry. On the facing page is a composition created from that font that explores the subversive beauty of this unique typeface. In addition, 137 of these fonts – including four created exclusively for this book – are collected on an enclosed CD (Mac and PC) for free private and restricted commercial use. "Fraktur Mon Amour" is the winner of several awards including the Type Directors Club of New York’s 2007 Award for Typographic Excellence.

AUTORE

Judith Schalansky is a graphic designer based in Berlin, Germany.

NOTE LIBRAIO

hardcover, 684 pages, 300 complete character sets, comes with a CD containing 137 fonts intended for private or limited commercial use. Fraktur mon Amour is the fruit of an obsession - that of Berlin-based graphic designer Judith Schalansky for the Fraktur typeface, also known as Blackletter or Gothic. Widely used in the Middle-Ages, superseded by the Antiqua during the Renaissance, banned by the Nazis as a Jewish production before being banned outright as a Nazi production, the Fraktur has today been restored to its former glory. The present book is a staggering ode to Fraktur in all guises, a compilation of 300 sets among the most striking, accompanied by a wealthy tribute of graphic creations. A black-and-pink Bible for all worshippers of typegraphy.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781568988016
• Dimensioni: 0 x 0 mm Ø 0 gr
• Formato: Book with CD-ROM
• Illustration Notes: 645 p. 300 illus. in color. With CD-ROM.
• Pagine Arabe: 645