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Typography

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 936 Collections and/or Records:

The Book of Craving / Rodney, Janet ; Duchamp M ; Hamilton R., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-35530-37270
Scope and Contents

A page of experimental fiction is reproduced from Richard Hamilton's translation of Marcel Duchamp's "The Green Box." The theme of this book mainly is autobiographical in nature. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

The Characters We Know / Perine, Robert., 1978

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Identifier: CC-03988-4065
Scope and Contents

Words of the poems relate to the letter of the alphabet which they describe. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

The Collected Ephemera of the Adagio Press, 1972

 Item — Box 319: [Barcode: 31858072490786]
Identifier: CC-21581-21992
Scope and Contents

Each pamphlet consists of a folded sheet of fine paper thereby amounting to four pages. The subjects include ornaments, alphabets of type specimens and quotes from writers. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

The Complete Work [by Arthur Cohen] / Bayer, Herbert., 1984

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Identifier: CC-20877-21286
Scope and Contents

Text by Arthur A. Cohen. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1984

The Deeliazd / Jack A. Hirschman., 1990

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Identifier: CC-09060-9239
Scope and Contents

This is a put-together of the Gmicalzoma language of John Dee, magician and alchemist to Queen Elizabeth during Shakespeare's time with the typographical design of Iliazd. The title page contains ciphers from a book by Dee himself. The tiles consist of nine small tiles joined together by wooden dowels and Hirschman mentions that he was seeking a "geometric Zaum" by the the rota-tora-orat box simulation. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

The Education of a Typographer / Heller, Steven, editor ; Haley A ; Shaw P ; Crisp DG ; Archer C ; Drucker J ; Berry J ; Myers C ; Ash J ; McCoy K ; Young D ; Sagmeister S ; Bell N ; Fella E ; Janecek G ; Kruchenykh A ; Khlebnikov V ; Burliuk D ; Kamensky V ; Tarkhanov M ; Zdanevich I ; Terentiev I ; Warde B., 2004

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Identifier: CC-42651-44669
Scope and Contents

This book features more than 40 essays from top experts and educators in typography today. These essays run from introducing the themes of type and typography to various complex and rare strategies for learning. Jared Ash contributed an essay "The Letter as Such: Aleksei Kyuchenykh as Closet Typographer" in which he describes Mikhail Tarkanov as a lesser known artist-designer of the 1920's and 1930's who was "considered more involved in typographic artistry than [his] more widely recognized colleagues." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 2004

The End of Print / Carson, David ; Blackwell, Lewis ; Byrne D ; Tilson J ; Fella E., 1995

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Identifier: CC-20687-21089
Scope and Contents

David Byrne of the rock group, The Talking Heads, wrote the introduction. Carson has been considered by some to be the most innovative and influencial graphic designer of the 1990's. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Eucalyptus Press Type Catalog / Wiggins, Constance ; Walkup, Kathy., 1998

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Identifier: CC-30211-31614
Scope and Contents

Examples of 55 typefaces are presented and the aphorism, "For literature is the greatest of all sources of refined pleasure, and one of the great uses of a liberal education is to enjoy a broad selection of the printed word." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1998

The / Figallo, Anthony., 1994

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Identifier: CC-11286-11502
Scope and Contents

The book consists of the word "the" printed with a different typeface on each page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

[The Getty Center Fellowship] , 1992

 Item — Box 321: [Barcode: 31858072490877]
Identifier: CC-23999-24449
Scope and Contents

This poster has a more experimental design than usually distributed by the Getty. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1992

The Graphic Language of Neville Brody Volumes 1 & 2 / Brody, Neville ; Burroughs WS ; Gysin B., 1995

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Identifier: CC-24084-24536
Scope and Contents

Born in 1957 and educated at the London College of Printing, the early influences on Brody were Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, Punk Rock, Moly Nagy, Rodchenko, El Lissitzky and Malevich. Brody has designed record covers, magazines book covers, logos most recently digitized images and alphabets. Brody was a founder of Fuse, a digital disc accompanied by posters of experimental typography. Jon Wozencroft provided the text and captions for these books which are reprinted from the 1988 & 1994 editions. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1995

The Grazer / Barrett, Martha Barron ; Strong, Peggy Heigold., 1996

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Identifier: CC-27696-28785
Scope and Contents

The text deals with people "grazing" through life in terms of goals, careers, and fulfillment. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

The Hand Correspondence: Voyeur / Golden, Alisa., 1991

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Identifier: CC-10429-10633
Scope and Contents

This is one of a series of three books; the others are entitled "Mirror Error" and "Paper Has a Memory." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

The Ideal Book / Cobden-Sanderson, Thomas James., 1981

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Identifier: CC-17368-17732
Scope and Contents

This book was printed with 63 press runs in numerous colors using type, lino- and magnesium-cuts. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981