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Typography

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 947 Collections and/or Records:

Affiche. No.12/Dec / Klaus Burkhardt., 1960

 Item
Identifier: CC-24453-24905
Scope and Contents

This issue consists of Christmas greetings from the Burkhardt family. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Alphabet Delight, 2007

 Item — Box 198: [Barcode: 31858072459682]
Identifier: CC-46563-49292
Scope and Contents

This dinner set was produced with the help of George Mill. Each plate and the napkin contain a different design composed of letters from the Serbian alphabet. This is a first edition of a unique limited collection. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2007

Alphabetize / Faust, Dikko ; Smith, Esther K.., 1992

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Identifier: CC-11343-11559
Scope and Contents

This is an address book. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

Always Endeavor / Nannucci, Maurizio., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-40334-42305
Scope and Contents

The sentence on the recto by Nannucci states, " Always endeavor to find some interesting variation." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

American Typeplay / Heller, Steven ; Anderson, Gail ; Allen T ; Byrne D ; Crumb R ; Kruger B ; Maisner B ; Makela S ; Scher P ; Drescher H ; Lubalin H ; Carson D ; VanderLans R ; Scher P., 1994

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Identifier: CC-27885-29024
Scope and Contents In his opening essay, Steven Heller states that Herb Lubalin, a devout typophile, built upon the ideas of earlier twentieth-century type/image makers, such as Kurt Schwitters and Lazar El Lissitzky, and blurred the distinction between type and image. In the late 1940's Bradbury Thomas, a pioneer of American typography, encouraged designers to occasionally release type from its moorings and play with it as if it were a toy. His idea, inspired by the Futurists, Dadaists and Surrealists of the 1920's was that smart typographic puns could enhance a reading by providing an additional level of meaning. Thompson made puns with letterforms that released specific sounds, not unlike the onomatopoeic type poems of the Italian Futurists. A decade later, Herb Lubalin took the idea even further by combining photographs and drawings with expressive letters that underscored or amplified the meaning of a headline. This was serious typeplay!Chapters in this well designed book include Cutting Edge,...
Dates: 1994

America's Mission: The Art Show / Stetser, Carol., 2000

 Item
Identifier: CC-34538-36237
Scope and Contents

The largest book consists of dictionary pages over which is printed, "Anatole France suggested that the dictionary is the universe in alphabetical order. But life does not come in alphabetical order." The smaller three books consist of photocopied colored prints made from found printed text and images collages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2000

Ampersand, 1981

 Item — Box Ahe-Alt: [Barcode: 31858072490802]
Identifier: CC-43953-46064
Scope and Contents

A substantial portion of this book deals with Allen's mother's chemotherapy. This copy is signed and numbered. Another copy held by the Sackner Archive is unsigned and unnumbered. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Ampersand, The. No.1/Spr / Wolf A ; Johnston A ; Heartfield J., 1993

 Item
Identifier: CC-26640-27110
Scope and Contents

The cover was designed by Anna Wolf. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1993

Ampersand, The. No.2/Feb., 1984

 Item
Identifier: CC-24564-25017
Scope and Contents

Contains article by Karen Zukor which deals with "The Archival Qualities of Inks for Fine Books." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

Ampersand, The. No.3/Sum., 1989

 Item
Identifier: CC-24561-25014
Scope and Contents

Edited by Alastair Johnston. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1989