Active Literature Jan Tschichold and New Typography |
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| Author:
| Burke, Christopher |
| ISBN: | 978-0-907259-32-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2008 |
| Publisher: | Hyphen Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $84.00 |
Book Description:
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Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) is considered by many to be the most influential typographer of the twentieth century. A leading voice of the modernist movement, Tschichold oversaw the redesign of the Penguin and Pelican paperbacks in the late 1940s and devised for them a standardized set of typographic rules. The classical type designs of his late career qualify him as perhaps the first typographic postmodernist.Active Literature, an in-depth study of Jan Tschichold's modernist period, is...
More DescriptionJan Tschichold (1902-1974) is considered by many to be the most influential typographer of the twentieth century. A leading voice of the modernist movement, Tschichold oversaw the redesign of the Penguin and Pelican paperbacks in the late 1940s and devised for them a standardized set of typographic rules. The classical type designs of his late career qualify him as perhaps the first typographic postmodernist.Active Literature, an in-depth study of Jan Tschichold's modernist period, is based on extensive archival research that uncovered a wealth of new photographs of his design work. Author Christopher Burke presents a full portrait of the designer's career and puts into context Tschichold's own account of his life and work.