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The Anatomy of Type is the ultimate stylistic guide to the intricacies and design of 100 indispensable typefaces. A delightful, colorful, and visual reference guide created by Stephen Coles and Tony Seddonâtwo acknowledged pros in the font design worldâ The Anatomy of Type was developed with typographers, graphic designers, and font geeks in mind, graphically and visually expanding on the current font-mania initiated by Simon Garfields's Just My Type.
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Topic
DesignSubtopic
TypographyGeometric Sans
Futura ND
Avenir
Gotham
ITC Avant Grade Gothic
Calibra/Metric
FF DIN
Interstate
Verlag
Klavika
MVB Solano Gothic
Forza
Futura ND
Designer: (Paul Renner) Marie-TherĂŠsè Koreman // Foundry: (Bauer Type Foundry) Neufville // Country of origin: (Germany) Spain // Release years: (1927) 1999â2012 // Classification: Geometric Sans
Futura has become widely known as the prototypical Geometric typeface. Bauhaus experiments in geometric form led Paul Renner to develop a typeface that was initially made entirely of straight lines and circular shapes. This was eventually tamed into more conventional letterforms, but they remained mostly Geometric. Futuraâs capitals are based on classical proportions, explaining their variable widths. There are countless digital versions, but Futura ND comes directly from original sources, and the latest release includes alternatives previously unavailable. Caution: the protrusion of pointed apexes (âM,â âN,â âwâ) is called âovershoot,â an optical compensation for type intended for Text sizes, but potentially distracting when large.
Avenir
Designer: Adrian Frutiger // Foundry: Linotype, Germany // Country of origin: France, Germany Release year: 1988 // Classification: Geometric Sans
âRight from the beginning, I was convinced that Avenir is the better Futura,â said a confident Adrian Frutiger in a recent interview looking back at his 1988 creation. In some respects, his declaration was more than mere boasting â coming 60 years after Futura, Avenir remedied many of the compromises that Renner made in his quest for geometry. Frutiger abandoned pure circles and strictly even stroke weight for âcorrectedâ curves and a bit of contrast. Letter widths are more regular, the x-height is larger, and a double-story âaâ replaces the less legible single-story one. Avenir retains the simplicity and clarity of a Geometric sans serif; it just does it more gracefully, sacrificing graphical purity for readability. Good for: Comfortable geometric type.
Gotham
Designer: Tobias Frere-Jones // Foundry: Hoefler & Frere-Jones // Country of origin: United States Release year: 2000 // Classification: Geometric Sans
One canât really describe this Hoefler & Frere-Jones creation better than H&FJ themselves: âGotham. What letters look like.â The typeface is simply self-evident. Each character just feels ânormalâ and âright.â Inspired by mid-century architectural lettering of New York City, Gotham celebrates the alphabetâs most ...
Table of contents
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- How to Use This Book
- The Anatomy of Type
- Type Classification at a Glance
- Key Classification Features
- Humanist Serif
- Transitional Serif
- Rational Serif
- Contemporary Serif
- Inscribed/Engraved
- Grotesque Sans
- Neo-Grotesque Sans
- Gothic Sans
- Geometric Sans
- Humanist Sans
- Neo-Humanist Sans
- Grotesque Slab
- Geometric Slab
- Humanist Slab
- Script
- Display
- Glossary of Typographic Terminology
- Searchable Terms
- About the Author
- Credits and Acknowledgments
- Copyright
- About the Publisher