Language Culture Type: International Type Design in the Age of Unicode [Hardcover]

John D. Berry (Editor)

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Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Graphis (Sep 2002)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1932026010
ISBN-13: 978-1932026016
Product Dimensions: 30.6 x 18.4 x 3.7 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,587,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very well put together; great essays and visual examples, 21 July 2003

By SL - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Language Culture Type: International Type Design in the Age of Unicode (Hardcover)

The first half of the book contains well-written essays on typography from various typographers from around the world:
Voices, languages and scripts around the globe / Robert Bringhurst
Unicode, from text to type / John Hudson
ITC Cyrillics, 1922- / Maxim Zhukov
How do the Japanese read? / Akira Kobayashi
An approach to non-Latin type design / Fiona Ross
A primer on Greek type design / Gerry Leonidas
Zvi Narkiss and Hebrew type design / Misha Beletsky
Type ramblings from Afrika / Saki Mafundikwa
Arabic type and typography / Thomas Milo
Civil Type and Kis Cyrillic / Vladimir Yefimov
Pickled herring and strawberry ice cream / Adam Twardoch
The other half of the book contains typographic visual examples and work from famous typographers in color and B/W. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in studying typography. Essays are better written than those on "Looking Closer" series.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book, 2 Nov 2003

By Flunk "a_dg" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: Language Culture Type: International Type Design in the Age of Unicode (Hardcover)

This is by far the most beautifully designed book I have. The binding is elegance like I have not seen in a long time. Definitely gives off that "wow" factor when you first open the box.

But it's what is inside that counts. It is put together so well, the writing is fantastic and well illustrated. The articles are of great interest and will be as essential to me as Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic Style has been. Highly recommended.

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