Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781939125149 |
| ISBN10: | 1939125146 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 128 pages |
| Size: | 230x152 mm |
| Weight: | 666 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 30 colour. 20 b/w. Illustrations, black & white |
| 677 |
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The Noblest Roman
A History of the Centaur Types of Bruce Rogers
Publisher: RIT Press
Date of Publication: 9 August 2024
Number of Volumes: Print PDF
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Short description:
The definitive, richly-illustrated history of the American Centaur typeface, using new research from unpublished documents.
Long description:
The Noblest Roman offers a richly illustrated and definitive history of Centaur, an important American typeface. The story of the type's creation has been recounted many times in general terms, following a version of eventspurported by its designer, Bruce Rogers. Jerry Kelly and Misha Beletsky uncover new research that was culled from unpublished documents to present a more accurate narrative of its history.
JERRY KELLY is an independent designer, calligrapher and printer. He is an authority on the work of Bruce Rogers, a contributor toBruce Rogers: A Life in Letters and the author of The First Flowering: Bruce Rogers at the Riverside Press.
MISHA BELETSKY is the Art Director of Abbeville Press. He is the author of Book Jackets of Ismar David: A Calligraphic Legacy and a co-author of Language Culture Type: International Type Design in the Age of Unicode.
JERRY KELLY is an independent designer, calligrapher and printer. He is an authority on the work of Bruce Rogers, a contributor toBruce Rogers: A Life in Letters and the author of The First Flowering: Bruce Rogers at the Riverside Press.
MISHA BELETSKY is the Art Director of Abbeville Press. He is the author of Book Jackets of Ismar David: A Calligraphic Legacy and a co-author of Language Culture Type: International Type Design in the Age of Unicode.
