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Librarians created this page to support your poster assignment. While you'll find a wealth of resources about established typographers and fonts, it may be more challenging to locate information on newer artists. Be prepared to explore various sources, including blogs, artist websites, and social media, to gather insights on contemporary designers.
Find background information on your topic in reference works covering every major subject, including encyclopedias, dictionaries, and handbooks.
Books in the Z4 - Z276 Call Number Range (4th Floor) located on the 4th floor of the library covers the typesetting, typography, and includes biographies of typographers. If you need any help finding these materials, feel free to ask a librarian!
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Design Elements, Typography Fundamentals
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How to Use Type
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Twentieth Century Type Designers
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This book serves as an introduction to the concept of typefaces and to some of the personalities who have created them - Goudy, Rogers, Koch, Gill, Morison, Van Krimpen, Trump, Tschichold, Frutiger, and Zapf - and places them in the context of the enormous changes that have occurred the 20th century in the methods of creating and setting type.
Finding information on typography or typographers—especially newer artists—can be tricky because there isn’t always a lot published about them. But don’t worry, here are a few great places to start your research!
You can now find over 2 million high-quality images from Artstor right alongside JSTOR’s books, journal articles, and primary sources. Use JSTOR’s unique Workspace tool to save, organize, and use images for papers, presentations, or teaching.To learn more visit the Artstor Experience on JSTOR welcome page and the Artstor on JSTOR: Working with Images guide.
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