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Carl Dair and the Cartier Typeface

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Description:This collection assembles all of the known correspondence of Canadian typographer and type designer Carl Dair (1912-67) concerning the conception, development and reception of his Cartier typeface. The letters span two decades, from Dair’s 1956-57 studies under the punchcutter P.H. Rädisch at the Enschedé typefoundry in Holland, to the voluminous response to the release of the First Proof of Cartier in 1966 until his sudden death in 1967, including candid criticisms and detailed critiques from some of the twentieth century’s foremost typographic minds-Sem Hartz, John Dreyfus, Paul Standard, Beatrice Warde, Hermann Zapf and others. Together with annotated transcriptions of all of Dair’s surviving “Epistles to the Torontonians,” this collection gathers lively, thoughtful and timely communications to and from typographers, designers, tradesmen and scholars across Canada and the world. An informative and entertaining resource for enthusiasts of typography and history alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Carl Dair and the Cartier Typeface. To get started finding Carl Dair and the Cartier Typeface, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 320

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Gaspereau Press

Release: 2017

ISBN: 1554471761

Description: This collection assembles all of the known correspondence of Canadian typographer and type designer Carl Dair (1912-67) concerning the conception, development and reception of his Cartier typeface. The letters span two decades, from Dair’s 1956-57 studies under the punchcutter P.H. Rädisch at the Enschedé typefoundry in Holland, to the voluminous response to the release of the First Proof of Cartier in 1966 until his sudden death in 1967, including candid criticisms and detailed critiques from some of the twentieth century’s foremost typographic minds-Sem Hartz, John Dreyfus, Paul Standard, Beatrice Warde, Hermann Zapf and others. Together with annotated transcriptions of all of Dair’s surviving “Epistles to the Torontonians,” this collection gathers lively, thoughtful and timely communications to and from typographers, designers, tradesmen and scholars across Canada and the world. An informative and entertaining resource for enthusiasts of typography and history alike.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Carl Dair and the Cartier Typeface. To get started finding Carl Dair and the Cartier Typeface, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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