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

Abstract

Typography is still dominated by letterforms from the first one hundred years of European printing. Where were the processes and attitudes that lie behind these forms? Fred Smeijers is a type desinger who learn to design and cut punches: the key instruments with which metal type is made. This book is a work of practical history, with much contemporary relevance.

Contents

Fundamental factors -- Punchcutting in its contexts -- Punchcutting in the sixteenth century -- Punchcutting and the working of type -- To the future.