ABZ : more alphabets and other signs

Author

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2003

Language

English

ISBN

0811839818

Series

Subject(s)

• ALPHABETS
• LETTERING
• TYPE AND TYPE-FOUNDING

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 216-221.

Abstract

Delightfully unpredictable, ABZ is a wonderbook of typography, graphics, and symbols. Julian Rothenstein (creator of our Gift division s popular Redstone line of cards and calendars) turns his idiosyncratic eye towards eccentric alphabets, emblems, and logos discovered in avant-garde modernist publications and other curious sources. Hundreds of examples of graphic ephemera sit side-by-side in inimitable Redstone fashion, mixing peculiar charm with useful reference in one stunning package. Special features include an amazing alphabet, circa 1926, created from photographs of a dancing woman; original test-types for opticians charts; pages from sign artists manuals; and coolly elegant designs from fin de si cle French, German, Italian, and Czech journals. Nearly all of this rare and beautiful material is reproduced here for the first time since its original publication. An art book like no other, ABZ is a collection of typographic oddities taken to the next level of appreciation.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

221 p.

Dimension

30 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

A Czech modernist alphabet --
The antifascist schoolbook --
Eye test charts --
Sign-writer's alphabets --
The art of layout --
Captions.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	01522/18	686.224 ABZ	Library - 7th Floor	Available