A visual history of fonts and graphic styles: 16281938 This book offers a connoisseur's overview of typeface design, exploring the most elegant fonts from the history of publishing.Taken from a distinguished Dutch collection, this exuberant two-volume edition traces the evolution of the printed letter via exquisitely designed catalogs, showing type specimens in roman, italic, bold, semi-bold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters and decorations are also included, along with lithographic examples, letters by signwriters, inscription carvers, and calligraphers. Featuring works by type designers including: William Caslon, Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke, Peter Behrens, Rudolf Koch, Eric Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Paul Renner, Jan Tschichold, A. M. Cassandre, Aldo Novarese, and Adrian Frutiger. In order to accommodate a vast amount of material, we have divided this text into two volumes. The first volumecovers pre20th century typeface specimens, with texts by editor Cees de Jong and collector Jan Tholenaar. The second volumecovers the period from 1900 to the mid-20th century, and contains a historical outline by Alston W. Purvis.