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INTERNATIONAL CALLIGRAPHY TODAY.

   

- New York : Watson-Guptill Pubs. (1982)
- small 4to.
- cloth, dust jacket.
- 192 pages.
- Order Nr. 51916
- Price: $ 20.00



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Based on an exhibition organized by International Typeface Co., "the book represents the best work ... judged by a blue-ribbon ... jury of world-renowned calligraphers - Hermann Zapf (chairman),..." (dust jacket). One hundred fifty-five illustrations, mostly black-and-white, of work from twenty-one countries. With biographical sketches of jurors and index of calligraphers. With a foreword by Zapf and an introduction by Philip Grushkin and Jeanyee Wong.

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New and enlarged edition (from 1910 first). Designs of various types produced by various methods, many showing a strong Art Nouveau influence. Includes air brush designs, ornaments and vignettes, floral motifs, scrolls, ribbons, borders and frames, alphabets, etc., along with samples of advertisements composed using these various elements. Many items in color. The authors were associated at the time with the "Detroit School of Lettering." Shaken with book block partially detached from binding.




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