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*Font. The Sourcebook is designed to be a resource for those interested in the story of type, that is, the story of visual communication across different moments in time and different aesthetic periods. The changing shape of letterforms is explored against the backdrop of changing technologies, social mores and artistic movements, culiminating in a complete look at the ever-evolving ways that humans have created meaning through the written word.*

The first part of *Font. The Sourcebook* gives a thorough and considered history of the public word, with its roots in Egyptian hieroglyphs and Greek scrolls, to the advent of the codex format still in use today. This first section goes on to describe the mechanics of early printing, and how those original practices were revolutionised by key inventions such as moveable type, the cast-iron press and the advent of steam power. With the proliferation of casting and printing methods came a greater variety of typeface designs, paving the way for influences as wide-ranging as Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, Constructivism and Futurism, right up until the close of the twentieth century and the dawn of the digital age. *Font. The Sourcebook* goes on to describe how modern typography has been redefined by developments in information technology, foregrounding some of the most exciting and innovative work being undertaken in contemporary practice.

This comprehensive account of the story of type is periodically interrupted by comment and analysis by some of the world's leading typographers, critics, graphic designers and theoreticians, taking up themes current in contemporary practice. Contributors include Penguin's David Pearson, Chairman of the Type Directors Club Alex W White, Will Hill, Pentagram's Domenic Lippa, Ed Fella, Experimental Jetset, Sam Winston, Teal Triggs, Sybille Hagmann and Peter Bil'ak.

The second part of *Font. The Sourcebook* is a reference resource for designers, artists and anyone with a specific interest in letterforms. 50 of the most innovative and inspiring fonts in use today are profiled in these pages, alongside a short history of their origin, their inspiration and the designer who brought them to life. Each typeface entry is illustrated with an extensive library and details of distinctive design features particular to the font depicted.

*Font. The Sourcebook* is a comprehensive guide to visual communication, unpacking the historical, mechanical and aesthetic events that drove its evolution, starting from the earliest marks made for the purpose of communication to arrive at the most cutting edge digital typography emerging today.

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