Bokstavsformer & Typsnitt | Typprover & Provböcker

Axel-Nilsson, Christian:

Type Studies. The Norstedt Collection of Matrices in the Typefoundry of the Royal Printing Office. A History and Catalogue

Norstedts Tryckeri, Stockhom, Sweden 1983. 198, (1) pages. 4to (31,5 x 21,5 cm). Bound in original red cloth, gold stamped board, gilt spine title, all edges graphite grey. Photo illustrated in colour and b/w, large section with type specimens. Three type specimens, folded twice, from the Danish type founder Johann Gottfried Pöetzsch loosely inserted. Unopened copy.
This thesis describes a collection of early typefounding matrices at the Norstedts typefoundry in Stockholm which are a very rare and precious commodity with an important bearing on the study of early letter design in printing. Only a few similar collections have survived down to the present day. The collection contains about 20.000 matrices manufactured by hand for hand-casting between about 1500 and 1850. The matrices, comprising letters, signs and ornaments, are listed in a catalogue containing about 200 items. The collection includes unique roman, italic and Greek typefaces by punchcutters who worked for Christopher Plantin and also provides the first complete documentation of roman, italic Fraktur and Schwabacher typefaces by German punchcutters active in about 1700.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Bokstavsformer & typsnitt

forsberg, geith:

Bokstaven & boken. Typsnitt, formgivare och boktryckare genom sexhundra år

Verbum, Stockholm 2004. 272 s. 4:o (26,5 x 22 cm). Rött dekorerat klotband med välbevarat skyddsomslag. Nära 700 bilder, varav de flesta i färg. Förlagsny.
”I Bokstaven & boken låter Geith Forsberg - kalligraf och formgivare - oss möta en lång rad boktryckare, konstnärer, formgivare och typssnittsskapare som alla bidragit till det tryckta ordets, bokens och bokstavsformernas utveckling. Bokstaven & boken är den första bok som sätts med typsnittet Berling Nova”

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Bokstavsformer & typsnitt

Lasn, Kalle - King, Emily &al.:

The Barnbrook Bible. The Graphic Design of Jonathan Barnbrook

Rizzoli, New York 2007. 328 pages. 4to (28 x 22 cm). Gold decorated cloth boards, dust jacket. New copy.
Known for his revolutionary typefaces, Jonathan Barnbrook (born 1966) is the most sought after contemporary graphic designer working across a broad range of disciplines including graphic design, industrial design, typeface design and film. Possibly best known as a result of his collaboration with major figures in the international art scene such as the Saatchi Gallery and Damien Hirst, Barnbrook has won numerous awards for motion graphics for his commercial film work.
His most celebrated collaboration includes art directing Adbusters, the leading activist magazine. He also produces copyright-free work that highlights political and social injustices. Unafraid to express his political viewpoint, Barnbrook has garnered both praise and criticism for releasing subversive typefaces named in a confrontational manner, such as “Manson” (after the serial killer) that highlight the relationship of words to the letterforms that represent them.
In this first book by and about him, The Barnbrook Bible features a great deal of never-before-seen work, some of them created specifically for the book.

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Bokstavsformer & typsnitt | Kalligrafi & Skrift

forsberg, karl-erik & geith:

Alpha Magica

Calligrafia / Norstedts, 1994 Nyhamnsläge. 119 s. Stor 8:o (24,5 x 17,5 cm). Trådhäftad med skyddsomslag i pappkassett. Illustrerad i färg.
Text och formgivningen av Geith Forsberg. Svensk och engelsk parallelltext. Papper: Arctic Natura. Typsnitt: Berling Antikva. Bokstavskompositionerna är tryckta som litografier från handmaskade plåtar.
Bibliofilupplaga framställd i 100 numrerade exemplar. Till denna upplaga medföljer två originallitografier signerade av Karl-Erik Forsberg. Numrerade 1-100.
Collector’s edition. 100 copies, each with 2 signed original litographic prints.

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Renard, David:

The Last Magazine

Universe / Rizzoli, New York 2006. 288 pages. Large 4to (33 x 25,5 cm). Stiff wrappers with dust jacket. More than 400 colour reproductions. New copy.
This visual anthology of 150 of the world´s most cutting-edge art, fashion, photography, architecture, and design periodicals currently in publication traces the evolution and future of magazines in the digital age in a visual survey. Selected from more than 20 countries are preeminent covers and layouts from independent magazines that advance the medium through their presentation, content, design, and tailoring to a niche market.
Featuring essays from top industry thinkers such as Steven Heller (New York Times Book Review), Terry Jones (i-D Magazine), and Robert Sacks (High Times, Time Inc.), this will be the sourcebook for magazine aficionados and professionals.

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Bokformgivning | Typografi & Grafisk Form

updike, daniel berkeley:

The Well-Made Book. Essays and Lectures by Daniel Berkeley Updike. Edited and with an introduction by William S. Peterson

Mark Batty Publisher, New York 2002. xxii, 383 pp. + colophon. Case bound in cloth. Dust jacket. 31 full page illustrations many in 2 colours. New copy.
Daniel Berkeley Updike (1860-1941) has been described as the most distinguished American printer. He was one of a handful of highly successful and influential book designers of the twentieth century and proprietor of the Merrymount Press in Boston. Updike’s aesthetic philosophy and commitment to quality in the making of books have a special relevance today at a time of rapid change in the media arts.
The Well-Made Book is a substantial and timeless collection of virtually all of Updike’s writings on the art of the book. William S. Peterson has researched, unearthed and assembled this wealth of material such of which will be new even to those readers who are familiar with Updike’s writings. Until the publication of The Well-Made Book, many of these important and revealing essays have been hard to find, and some of Updike’s writing featured in this book appears here for the first time. There is a complete index, annotations, and a new scholarly introduction by Peterson.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Memoarer & Biografier

Gram, Magdalena:

Bokkonstnären Akke Kumlien. Tradition och modernitet, konstnärsidentitet och konstnärsroll

Norstedts, Stockholm 1994. 273 s., kolofon. Stor 4:o (31,5 x 21,5 cm). Klotband med blindpressat och förgyllt monogram. Skyddsomslag. Välillustrerad med titelsidor, omslag, textuppslag, bokband etc. Sektion med färgplanscher. Förlagsny. With an English Summary.
Magdalena Grams doktorsavhandling om en av 1900-talets förgrundsgestalter i svensk boktypografi.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Bokstavsformer & typsnitt

Ericson, HC:

Corpus. Lyrics and Letterforms by HC Ericson

Carlssons, Stockholm 2004. 207 pages. Tall & narrow 4to (36x18 cm). Stiff paper wrappers with fold over flaps. Illustrated, partly in colour. Foreword by Fabien Baron. Art direction and design by the author. English text. New copy.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Bibliografier

hultenheim, carl fredrik:

Typographica. 20th Century Typography and Graphic Design

The Royal Library, Stockholm 2002. Unpag. (80 pp.) Small 8vo., stiff paper wrappers. 20 illustrations, many in colour. Typograhy by the author. Set in Caslon No.540 and printed on Lessebo Book, natural white paper, with Ingres wrappers. Exhibition Catalogue No. 138. New copy.
An Exhibition of 20th Century Typography and Graphic Design. The exhibited material (120 entries) is divided by geographical area, and presents us with a composite of 20th century typography and graphic design, from Theodore De Vinne (1828-1914) to Leonard Baskin (1922-2000), with a biographical sketch of each designer. Important catalogue on modern book design.

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Typografi & Grafisk form | Bokstavsformer & typsnitt

Baines, Phil & Dixon, Catherine:

Signs: Lettering in the Environment

Laurence King, London 2008. 192 pp. 4:o (25 x 24 cm). Paperback. 700 illustrations. New copy.
This book focuses on the letterforms and typography in public places, from road signs to building names, that help us to navigate cities and countryside and contribute to a sense of place. Featuring examples from around the world, the book discusses the function and execution of signage. Visually led, Signs contains 700 colour images grouped together thematically and described in extended captions, showing the best current examples alongside historical material. Part resource, part celebration, the book forms an exciting visual compendium.
Phil Baines is a senior lecturer in graphic design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, and author of Type and Typography (2nd edition, 2005). Catherine Dixon is a visiting tutor in typography at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. Together they curate the Central Lettering Record, London.

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Bokväsen | Bok- och boktryckarhistoria

hjelm-milczyn, greta:

“Gud nåde alla fattiga översättare.” Glimtar ur svensk skönlitterär översättningshistoria fram till år 1900

Carlssons, Stockholm 1996. 416 s. Laminerat pappband. Illustrerad i svartvitt. Harry Järv står för bildurvalet och har också skrivit bildtexterna. Förlagsny.Författaren påvisar med denna historik översättarnas väldiga betydelse för vårt lands humanistiska kultur, för svensk bokproduktion och hur folks läslust befrämjats.

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Typprover & Provböcker

[björkmans eftr]

Typsnitt och ornament hos Tryckeri AB Björkmans Eftr

Tryckeri AB Björkmans Eftr., Stockholm 1992. Opag. (62 blad + 8 s. Broschyren 12 s.) 4:o (29,7x16,4 cm). Typprovet limbundet med kartongomslag av 250 g Lustrulux, vitt, högglansbestruket papper från Tullis Russel, Skottland. Kassett och broschyromslag av 250 g Lustrulux Metallic Silver, kascherat med vitt papper. Figurerna värmefolierade med blankt guld respektive blank färgfolie samt blindpräglade med upphöjd relief. Broschyren klammerhäftad. Skyddsomslag av handgjort japanpapper, formgivet av Hubert Johansson och Bo Lindberg, illustrationen av Olle Eksell. Typproven på olika papperssorter ur Björkmans lager kompletterat med nyanskaffningar av svenskt, engelskt, tyskt och italienskt papper. Formgivet av Hubert Johansson och Bo Lindberg, broschyren av Arne Heine. Brödtexter satta med Monotype sättmaskin, typproven handsatta med blytyper. Text, omslag och skyddsomslag tryckta i boktryck, endast försätts tryckta i offset. Upplaga: 900 numrerade exemplar + 100 onumrerade. Nionde och sista upplagan.“Tryckt från de ursprungliga formarna. Det högsmala formatet och typprovens tillrättaläggning är alltså lika överlägset eleganta som de alltid varit. Inte mindre elegant är den kompletterande broschyren [Historisk översikt av Sten G. Lindberg] och det nya skyddsomslaget.” Svensk Bokkonst 1992 nr 24Typprovet kostade 600:- 1992.

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Papper

eneroth, otto:

Handbok i papperskännedom

Bröderna Lagerströms förlag, Stockholm 1957. 141 s. Trådhäftad. Illustrerad. Tredje reviderade upplagan. Med sakregister. Nordisk Boktryckarekonsts Fackbibliotek xvii.Kapitel med historik, material, tillverkning där även handgjort papper behandlas, användning, kvaliteter, pappersprovning, egenskaper, lagring, behandling o.s.v.

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Reservoarpenna | Kalligrafi & Skrift

lundkvist, ingemar:

Pennan; Fetisch och skrivdon

Byggförlaget, Stockholm 2001. 143, (1) s. Högsmal 4:o (29,5x17 cm). Ryggklotband med laminerade pärmar. Rikt illustrerad, främst i färg. Förlagsny.Mycket om reservoarpennan och med ett särskilt avsnitt om att samla, reparera och korsanvända. Beskrivningar av alla aspekter på pennan och dess tillbehör: stiftet, refillern, bläcket, kautschuken, pennvässaren o.s.v.

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Typprover & Provböcker | Typografi & Grafisk Form

[hultenheim, carl fredrik & tryckeri björkmans eftr.]

AaZz!

Björkmans Eftr., Stockholm u.å. (1957). 10 sidor sammanhängande gul kartong (169 x 297 mm) i fyra leporellveck med olika typsnitt numrerade 100–158 och ornament 200–263 samt ytterligare ett stort antal typsnitt och klichéer utan nummer. Tryckt i rött och svart. Formgivet Av Carl Fredrik Hultenheim och Hubert Johansson.Svensk bokkonst 1957: Hedersomnämnande för “fantasifullt utfört stilprov”. Biblis 1991 s. 152–153.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form

[eksell, olle & björkmans eftr]

[Eksell & Tryckeri AB Björkmans Eftr.]

Tryckeri AB Björkmans Eftr, Stockholm u.å. (1984). Glanskartong (208 x 223 mm) 8 onumrerade sidor i 3-veck-folder med teckningar av pennor och fåglar tryckta i beige, svart och rött och text på svenska och engelska med Univers. Presentation av samarbetet mellan Olle Eksell och Björkmans, utformad av Olle Eksell. (Biblis 1991: s. 156–157).Folder with Swedish & English text, designed by Olle Eksell, one of Sweden’s leading designers and a specialist in characterising his employers and ther thoughts as birds and pens. Olle has co-operated with Björkmans since the 50’s.

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[björkmans eftr]

Typsnitt och ornament hos Tryckeri AB Björkmans Eftr. Stockholm [ryggtitel 1973]

Tryckeri AB Björkmans Eftr., Stockholm 1973. Opag. (55 blad). 4:o (29,7x16,6 cm). Typprovet limhäftat. Kartongomslag prytt med ett i gul färg tryckt lejon från bakpärmen över ryggen och frampärmen. Försättsblad, innehåll 1 blad; 40 blad med typprover; sättningsregler 1 blad; omfångstabeller 1 blad; ornament, linjer & ramar 11 blad. Sjunde utgåvan är ny tryckning av utgåvan 1969 med mindre ändringar: ”försättsblad” tryckt med Riksvapnet ”Kungl. Hovboktryckare” samt ornament i guldfoliering; tillägg ”Affischtyper” 1 blad; reviderad version av ”sättningsregler”. Formgivet av Hubert Johansson.Biblis 1991; Appendix 2, s.156.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form

ericson, hans-christer:

HCE i urval

Carlssons, Stockholm 1997. Paginerad: i-xv, 16-227, ccxxviii-ccxxxvi. Limhäftad pocket. Texter av HC Ericson i urval av Lena Endre och Thomas Hanzon med förord av Ingrid Elam. Grafisk formgivning av författaren. Förlagsny.OBS! Minsta beställning är 10 ex. / Minimum order is 10 copies.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Bibliografier

fiedler, jeannine & feierabend (red.):

Bauhaus

Könemann, Köln 2000. 639, (1) s. 4:o (29,5 x 25,5 cm). Svart klotband med silverdekorationer och välbevarat skyddsomslag. Mycket välillustrerad i färg och svartvitt. Svensk text/Text in Swedish. Förlagsny.Bauhaus utstrålar fortfarande en fascinerande vitalitet och boken är en omfattande genomgång, med delvis tidigare opublicerat material, av fenomenet Bauhaus ur en mängd aspekter såsom typografi, reklam, grafik, fotografi, keramik, möbler, textil &c. Teorin, pedagogiken samt en dokumentation av verksamheten ingår i det omfångsrika materialet. Stort kapitel som presenterar Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Paul Klee, Kandinsky, László Moholy-Nagy, Marcel Breuer, Herbert Bayer och andra personligheter.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Bokformgivning

Hutner, Martin & Kelly, Jerry:

A Century for the Century. Fine Printed Books 1900 to 1999

David R. Godine, Jaffrey, New Hampshire 2004. lxii, 110 pages. 4to (31 x 23.5 cm). Blue cloth, titled in gilt on the front cover & the spine. Dust jacket. Revised and enlarged edition. New copy.
Any serious book collector (and the most serious belong to New York´s Grolier Club, that pre-eminent shrine for bibliophiles) harbors a latent penchant for book lists, particularly when presented in neat doses of one hundred titles. Here then are the 100 greatest printed books of the 20th century (at least in the opinions of Grolier´s Messrs. Hutner and Kelly), from L´Imprimerie Nationale´s 1900 pressing of Paul Verlaine´s Parallèlement, with lithographs by Pierre Bonnard, to Wild Carrot Letterpress´s illustrated 1996 selection of Rumi´s poetry Divan-E-Shams. Each is represented by one large sample page, reproduced in duotone or colour.
"This is a book that all lovers of printing as a fine art will acquire & pore over: hardly a page does not offers something to arouse interest & satisfy the eye." Bibliographical Society of America.

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Memoarer & Biografier | Typografi & Grafisk Form

Tichenor, Irene:

No Art Without Craft. The Life of Theodore Low De Vinne, Printer

David R. Godine, Boston 2005. xii, 329 pages + colophon. Red cloth titled and decorated in gilt on the front cover & the spine. Dust jacket. 57 b/w text illustrations + 8 pages of colour illustrations. With a check list of Theodore Low De Vinne’s published writings. New copy.
This full-scale, illustrated biography of Theodore Low De Vinne (1828–1914) explores the life of a seminal figure in the history of American printing. Born in upstate New York, he was for years the primary printer for the Century Company, producing its distinguished list of books and such national magazines as St. Nicholas and The Century. His masterly printing of wood engravings, together with his obsession with presswork, composition, and typefaces, gained him and his firm an international reputation, while his four volumes on the history and practice of typography are considered classics.
"Irene Tichenor´s authoritative No Art Without Craft is very welcome indeed." Terry Belanger.

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Moser, Horst:

Surprise Me. Editorial Design

Mark Batty Publisher, New York 2003. 288 pages. 4to (32,5 x 25,5 cm). Printed laminated card covers. Dust jacket. Profusely illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. With indexes of magazines and names. New copy.
"Magazines have changed the world," opines art director Horst Moser. To prove his point he combed through his personal collection of more than a million magazines from around the globe to create this dynamic visual analysis of editorial design. Echoing the famous challenge from designer Alexy Brodovich of Harper´s Bazaar to his design team—"Astonish me!"—this book looks at surprising, astonishing, and inspirational examples of virtually every aspect of magazine and editorial design. Moser provides more than 1500 graphic examples with an overview of the conceptual design process. "Horst Moser did what I wish I had done," writes Véronique Vienne in her preface. "He offered his extensive collection of contemporary magazines to readers in the form of a book. Written to appeal to designers as well as non-designers—editors, entrepreneurs, marketers—Surprise Me is not encumbered with insider´s jargon.... His thorough understanding of the process, combined with intriguing juxtapositions of layouts, no-nonsense comments, and original insight make for an entertaining read—as surprisingly fresh as the subject matter he is presenting."

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Reklam

Lorin, Philippe:

5 Giants of Advertising

Assouline, New York 2001. 144 pages. 4to (32 x 22 cm). Sewn & flapped paperback. Illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. New copy.
The history of Madison Avenue–style campaign advertising is detailed here through illustrated profiles of five of the world´s most influential figures in the field: Albert Lasker, who changed the consumer habits of the American public with his campaigns for Palmolive, Kotex, and Lucky Strike; Leo Burnett, who gave life to such icons as the Marlboro Man and the Green Giant; and Bill Bernbach, who invented a new style of advertising in creative work for such clients as Polaroid film. Here too are Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, who did for France what Madison Avenue did in America, and David Ogilvy, who brought British style to American advertising.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Periodica och årsböcker

[Matrix]

Type & Typography. Highlights from Matrix, the review for printers and bibliophiles. With new introductory essays by John Randle and John D. Berry

Mark Batty Publisher, New York 2003. xxiv, 374 pp. + colophon. 4to (28,5 x 20 cm). Flexible binding. Dust jacket. Approximately 200 illustrations, some in full colour. New copy.
This beautifully designed book contains a rich collection of articles on typography and the printing arts from metal to digital type. Drawing on the archives of Matrix, the thirty-six carefully selected articles cover an eclectic and fascinating breadth of topics, ranging from the earliest type design techniques to the latest in typeface and design developments.
The list of contributors is a Who is Who from the world of type and graphic design, and includes many of the most important names in the type world.
This volume includes introductory essays by John Randle, principal of the Whittington Press and publisher of Matrix, the renowned annual journal of the printing arts, and by John D. Berry, editor, writer, typographer, and book designer.
Among the Matrix authors are: Mark Armon, Colin Banks, David Bethell, Dan Carr, Sebastian Carter, Roderick Cave, J. F. Coakley, Alan Dodson, John Dreyfus, Justin Howes, Jerry Kelly, James Mosley, Fiona Ross, Christopher Skelton, Glenn Storhaug, Jan Van Krimpen.

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