A generously illustrated examination of the enduring influence of
and many variations on the classical Roman capital letter. The
fiftieth anniversary of Helvetica, the most famous of all sans
serif typefaces, was celebrated with an excitement unusual in the
staid world of typography and culminated in the release of the
first movie ever made starring a typeface. Yet Helvetica's
fifty-year milestone pales in comparison with the two thousandth
anniversary in 2014 of Trajan's Column and its famous
inscription-the preeminent illustration of the classical Roman
capital letter. For, despite the modern ascendance of the sans
serif, serif typefaces, most notably Times Roman, still dominate
printed matter and retain a strong presence in screen-based
communication. The Eternal Letter is a lavishly illustrated
examination of the enduring influence of, and many variations on,
the classical Roman capital letter. The Eternal Letter offers a
series of essays by some of the most highly regarded practitioners
in the fields of typography, lettering, and stone carving. They
discuss the subtleties of the classical Roman capital letter
itself, different iterations of it over the years, and the work of
famous typographers and craftsmen. The essays cover such topics as
efforts to calculate a geometric formulation of the Trajan letters;
the recalculation of their proportions by early typefounders; the
development and astonishing popularity of Adobe Trajan; type and
letter designs by Father Edward M. Catich, Frederic W. Goudy, Eric
Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Hermann Zapf, Matthew Carter, and others;
the influence of Trajan in Russia; and three generations of
lettercarvers at the John Stevens Shop in Newport, Rhode Island.
Essays about modern typefaces-including Matinia, Senatus, and
Penumbra-are contributed by the designers of these typefaces.
Contributors John and Nicholas Benson, Frank E. Blokland, Matthew
Carter, Ewan Clayton, Lance Hidy, Jost Hochuli, Jonathan Hoefler,
Richard Kindersley, Scott-Martin Kosofsky, Gerry Leonidas, Martin
Majoor, Steve Matteson, Gregory MacNaughton, James Mosley, Tom
Perkins, Yves Peters, Ryan L. Roth, Werner Schneider, Paul Shaw,
Julian Waters, Maxim Zhukov
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