A Typographic Abecedarium (Paperback)

Letterforms are an inseparable part of a civilized literary landscape. At some distant point in history, letters started as representations of things in the world. Then, gradually, through a complex evolutionary process, they came to be defined as the closed shapes of a writing system. This photo-typographic essay is a meditation on this remarkable transition. Exploring the relationship between typography and the visual world around us, the essay looks at the twenty-six letters of the English version of the Roman alphabet in four manners: as the world presenting itself in the shape of a letter, as an intended letter in space, as a flat letter on paper, and finally as a pure geometric form embodied in a typeface. Familiar letterforms are presented in fresh, surprising ways, forming an homage to the beauty of type and a reflection on its ubiquity in our visual understanding of the world around us. Alongside the fascinating images, Ornan Rotem's text offers an overview and a detailed discussion of each letter. In this unusual book, text and image coalesce to create a modern day primer on letters: a typographic abecedarium.

General

Imprint:	Sylph Editions
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2016
First published:	December 2014
Authors:	Ornan Rotem
Dimensions:	172 x 175 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	136
ISBN-13:	978-1-909631-00-7
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Industrial / commercial art & design > Typography Promotions
LSN:	1-909631-00-0
Barcode:	9781909631007

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