11.11 x 3.81 x 15.88 cm | 50 boxed cards
Princeton Architectural Press | 2017 | 9781616896447
Linen covered boxtypeset in Mallory and Union Gothic
Fifty Type Specimens is a collection of postcards with stunning images of typography, for inspiration, correspondence, or display. The cards feature classic letterforms, pages from specimen books, and crops of gorgeous letters presented in a box with the feel of an old specimen book. Historic typefaces, selected by renowned designer Tobias Frere-Jones, from his collection of over 300 specimen books.
For more than 25 years, Frere-Jones hasestablished himself as one of the world’s leading typeface designers, creating some of the most widelyused typefaces, including Interstate, Poynter Oldstyle,Whitney, Gotham, Surveyor, Tungsten and Retina.
“From shelf after shelf of possibilities, we chose a dozen examples each from four
countries: the United States, Great Britain,France, and Germany. I tried to pick designsthat were distinct to that place and a partof its history, without careening into stereotypes. It was genuinely difficult to chooseonly a dozen examples from each place,when the histories are so rich. There are somany stories to be found and “read” here.I hope you enjoy.” Tobias Frere-Jones
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