Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now

Abstract

Traces the history of letterform design to discover how technique influenced type.

Contents

1. Why this book? -- 2. Terminology -- 3. The three ways of making letters -- 4. Type: a game of black and white -- 5. Comparing typefaces -- 6. Letters and the Italian intellect -- 7. The place of the punch in type production -- 8. The punchcutter and the historians -- 9. Where does the punchcutter come from? -- 10. The rise and fall of the punchcutter -- 11. Punching and digging -- 12. The delights of steel -- 13. Fournier on punchcutting -- 14. How did they really do it? -- 15. Fixing the image -- 16. Sequence of design and production -- 17. One punch a day? -- 18. Where are the counterpunches? -- 19. Hendrik van den Keere and outlines -- 20. Linearity -- 21. Does technique influence form? -- 22. The unconscious eye -- 23. Punchcutting in the digital age -- 24. Type design and language -- 25. The limits of roman -- 26. Openings and changes -- Hendrik van den Keere -- Renard.