Livre - Book / 2015

A very small history of very small types – Gemeli Micro type specimen

Sébastien Morlighem / Production Type


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Includes “A very small history of very small types”, an essay by historian Sébastien Morlighem: a study about the origins of microscopic types. Morlighem analyzes the historical environment of Gemeli Micro, from miniature books, newspaper agate and telephone directories to the works of Émile Javal and Ladislas Mandel.

21 x 25 cm / 32 pages / - ex.
anglais
Couverture : -
ISBN 979-10-93578-02-6

Design by Julien Lelièvre.

Dual color printing, saddle-stich binding, perforation, Arctic


Autres publications des auteurs :
The Didot style: a survey of the career of Firmin Didot – Trianon type specimen
Proto Grotesk: The typeface as atlas – Proto Grotesk type specimen
From stoichedon to programming: a concise history of monospaced typefaces – Geme