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Typography

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

I Mean You Know / Lehrer, Warren., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-07289-7432
Scope and Contents

Near the title page, special thanks are printed mentioning Ruth and Marvin Sackner and others for their support of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

I Mean You Know / Lehrer, Warren., 1983

 Item
Identifier: CC-07410-7554
Scope and Contents

Near the title page, special thanks are printed mentioning Ruth and Marvin Sackner and others for their support of this book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

The Portrait Series: Brother Blue / Lehrer, Warren., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-07688-7838
Scope and Contents

This is a biography of real and imagined events in the life of Brother Blue aka Dr. Hugh Morgan Hill, the "official storyteller of Boston, an ordained minister and raconteur who spins tales of struggle and hope on street corners and in prisons..." Text deals with Black struggles in White America. Primary type family for voice of Brother Blue is Matrix by Emigre. Over 24 other typefaces were utilized for the text; images and text were printed with scanner and desktop publishing software. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Portrait Series: Charlie / Lehrer, Warren ; Frank J., 1995

 Item
Identifier: CC-07691-7841
Scope and Contents

This is a biography of the real and imagined events in the life of Charlie Lang. The story line deals with the manic-depressive illness of Lang who was a rock musician and an outsider artist. A section covers his institutilization and treatment with psychotropic drugs. The typeface for the voice of Charlie is Gill Sans and over 24 other typefaces are used as well. The images and text were created with scanner and desktop publishing software. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995