Livre - Book / 2015

Proto Grotesk: The typeface as atlas – Proto Grotesk type specimen

Sébastien Morlighem / Production Type

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Includes “Proto Grotesk: The typeface as atlas”, an essay by historian Sébastien Morlighem: a study about the origins of the word “Grotesk”, as well as a lengthy research on German Grotesk typefaces. The original material that ignited Proto Grotesk was found among these many late 19th-century designs.English & French text.

1 ex. en stock

15 x 21 cm / 32 pages / - ex.
anglais et français
Couverture : -
ISBN 979-10-93578-00-2

Design by Emmanuel Besse/Large.

Photography by Julien Lelièvre.
Printed in Belgium. Dual color printing, saddle-stitch binding, perforation, Fedrigoni Symbol Freelife E49 Country 200gsm / Symbol Freelife gloss 130 gsm paper.


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