Manual of typography = Manuale tipografico, 1818 / Giambattista Bodoni ; with an essay on Bodoni's typography in historical perspective by Stephan Füssel.

Complete manual of typography

9783836520362
3836520362

Köln [Cologne, Germany] : Taschen, [2016]

©2016

English

Text in English and Italian.

749 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Z232.B66 A25 2016

TS801.4-62

686.22

Official printer for the Duke of Parma, Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) declared that well-designed type derived its beauty from four principles: uniformity of design, sharpness and neatness, good taste, and charm. In his Manuale tipografico, published posthumously in 1818, he distilled these principles into a comprehensive catalog of type and set the standard for printing the alphabet thereafter. This reprint of Bodoni's masterwork features 142 sets of Roman and Italic typefaces, a wide selection of borders, ornaments, symbols, and flowers, as well as Greek, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, Phoenician, Armenian, Coptic, and Tibetan alphabets. It includes an essay by Stephan Füssel and a translation of the dedication and prefaces to Bodoni's original work.

Originally published: Parma : Presso la Vedova, 1818.
This reprint edition was first published in 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 748-749).

Bibliotheca universalis (Taschen (Firm))

Container of (work) Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813. Manuale tipografico.
Container of (work) Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813. Manuale tipografico. Prefazione. English.

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