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Booksellers Comments:
This
new book edited and co-ordinated by Paul Shaw, is destined to become the most significant book on the history of lettering
for this year if not this century. Its 258 pages are generously illustrated with over 380 photographs and illustrations as
it examines and discusses the influence of the classical Roman capital letter.
Paul’s
work has been supported with essays and contributors from notable lettering artists such 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, Julian Waters, and Maxim Zhukov
Subjects
covered are:
The Eternal Letter: The Fluctuating Fortunes of the Classical Roman
Capital by Paul Shaw
Defining the Classical
Roman Capital by Paul Shaw
Father
Edward M. Catich and the Trajan Inscription by
Paul Shaw
The Genetrix by Father Edward M. Catich
The Trajan Secrets by Tom Perkins
Walter Kamech, Craftsman by Jost Hochuli
On the Origin of Capital Proportions in Roman Type by Frank E. Blokland
Felice Feliciano and the Inscriptions on the Macello of Verona by James Mosley
The Tomb of Niccoló Forteguerri by Paul Shaw & Garrett Boge
The Baroque
Inscriptional Letter in Rome by James Mosley
The Baroque Set by Garrett Boge
Goudas Inscriptional Letters by Steve Matteson
Eric
Gill’s Capital Letter by Ewan Clayton
Ian van Krimpen and Roman Capitals by Martin Majoor
Hermann
Zapf’s Roman Capitals: An Appreciation by
Paul Shaw
The Trajan Letter in Russia by Maxim Zhukov
Gill’s Legacy by Ewan Clayton
Straight, No Chaser: The Work of Michael Harvey by Paul Shaw
The John Stevens Shop:
Three Generations of Lettercarvers by Richard
Kindersley
Penumbra: The Offspring of Trajan and Futura by
Lance Hidy
Father Catich at Reed College by Gregory MacNaughton
Democratizing the Empire: The Birth of Adobe Trajan by Scott-Martin Kosofsky
Trajan Revived Redux by Paul Shaw / Maxim
Zhukov / Gerry Leonidas
Artist of the Written Word by Paul Shaw
The Origins of Senatus by Werner Schneider With Dan Reynolds
Mantinia by Matthew Carter
Requiem: A True Renaissance Letter by Jonathan Hoefler
Waters
Titling by Julian Waters
Trajan at the Movies by Yves Peters
Learning from Chairs by Cyrus Highsmith
Typefaces
with Classical Roman Influences: 1900 – 2012
Census
of Trajan Inscription Reproductions
Selected Collections of
Roman Inscriptions
Further Reading on Roman Capitals
Recording Inscriptions: Methods and Tips
Acknowledgments I Credits I Contributors
This
book will be on any the “must have” list of any calligrapher, letter cutter, lettering artist, or anyone wanting
to understand more about the history of the western alphabet.
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