Classic Typefaces: American Type and Type Designers

摘要

Classic Typefaces gives a wonderfully in-depth look at American typeface designers and the major events surrounding the invention of type. Following the Introduction, Consuegra takes a 24-page chronological look at type-related events, starting in the 1600s with the printing of Don Quixote de la Mancha in Madrid, Spain. Some of these events, such as the founding of Jamestown, VA in 1607, may seem to be more of a side note in history than directly related to developing type. Yet, Consuegra does a good job of showing what is happening with typefaces in other parts of the world at the same time as these events.