Lettering

The field of lettering is vast. In spite of decay and destruction there is extant an immense corpus of inscriptions, documents, and printed matter, made by the use of the alphabet. The historical 'source book' of chosen examples will show the heights of the range and the direction of design down the centuries. This source book, though originally published in 1929, can be commended still to calligraphers, printers, typographers, engravers and the other graphic designers for its historical review, its clear reproductions, and the pleasures and interests it offers.Defering, Hermann is the author of 'Lettering' with ISBN 9780800847272 and ISBN 080084727X.