The New Typography bookcover

The New Typography

Jan Tschichold 

(Author)

Ruari McLean 

(Translator)

Richard Hendel 

(Foreword by)

et al.

Robin Kinross 

(Introduction by)
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Description

Since its initial publication in Berlin in 1928, Jan Tschichold's The New Typography has been recognized as the definitive treatise on book and graphic design in the machine age. First published in English in 1995, with an excellent introduction by Robin Kinross, this new edition includes a foreword by Rich Hendel, who considers current thinking about Tschichold's life and work.

Product Details

PublisherUniversity of California Press
Publish DateSeptember 01, 2006
Pages288
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconPaperback / softback
EAN/UPC9780520250123
Dimensions8.1 X 5.8 X 0.7 inches | 1.2 pounds
BISAC Categories: Arts & Hobbies,

About the Author

Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) worked as a typographer and teacher in Germany, Switzerland, and England. He became internationally known in 1925 with the publication of Elementary Typography and oversaw the typographic reform of Penguin Books. Ruari McLean, a Scottish typographer and scholar, is the author of Jan Tschichold: Typographer. Robin Kinross is a London typographer. Richard Hendel is Design and Production Manager at University of North Carolina Press.

Reviews

"A splendid examination of classical Modernist design. . . . The New Typography is an outstanding source of inspiration, which . . . deserves every inch of its legendary status."-- "Computer Arts Projects"
"Considered the modernist era's definitive treatise on typographic design, it [The New Typography] offers not only an overview of the principles of commercial and book design but also a historical--and far from ideologically neutral--discussion of "old" (1450-1914) and "new" (since 1914) typography. The book's exceptional fame is due to its own typographic achievement, as well as to its commitment to the politics of modern typography, defined as both the mirror and the condition of a modern social democracy in the machine age. . . . a book that can and should retain a strong appeal for a 21st-century readership."-- "Leonardo"

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