JONG CEES. DE

(H/B) TYPE
This comprehensive collection offers a thorough overview of typeface design from 1628 to the mid-20th century. Derived from a distinguished Dutch collection, a series of exquisitely designed catalogues traces the evolution of the printed letter via specimens in roman, italic, bold, semibold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters, and decorations are also included, along with lithographic examples, letters by sign writers, inscription carvers, and calligraphers. The first part of the book covers pre-20th-century typef...
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(H/B) THE POSTER
For more than ten thousand years we have felt the need to express ourselves with writing and drawing. Since the Neolithic period, we have communicated not only through gestures and sound but also by means of a visual language. Worldwide, hunters and gatherers and later early farmers made use of information systems to advertise services and products. It was also a way of maintaining facts and data. From the beginning visual language was highly important and is still relevant today. Looking back on the last hundred and thirty years of poster...
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(H/B) DUTCH GRAPHIC DESIGN