A Line of Type: 120 Years of Typographic History, Leonardi and Middendorp

by Alessio Leonardi, Jan Middendorp

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A Line of Type: 120 Years of Typographic History by Alessio Leonardi and Jan Middendorp. Published by Monotype, Mergenthaler Edition, Bad Homburg, Germany, 2007. 110 pages, illustrated throughout in black and white. ISBN 9783981031942. An illustrated narrative history of the Linotype company, produced to mark the firm's 120th year (2006) and its friendly takeover by Monotype Imaging. Beginning with Ottmar Mergenthaler's invention of the Linotype machine in the 1880s, the book traces Linotype's story alongside the broader cultural and typographic history of the twentieth century — the careers of W.A. Dwiggins, Hermann Zapf, and Adrian Frutiger; the arrival of Times New Roman and Helvetica; the successive revolutions of phototypesetting, PostScript, and digital fonts. Written by Dutch design writer Jan Middendorp (author of Dutch Type and Shaping Text), and illustrated by the Berlin-based Italian type designer Alessio Leonardi in his characteristic humorous minimalist style. An accessible and entertaining introduction to the history of one of the great typefounding companies.

• Publisher: Monotype
• Year: 2007
• ISBN: 9783981031942
• Condition: Good

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