Written and designed by poet, linguist, and typographer Robert Bringhurst, Palatino is a definitive account of Hermann Zapf’s most ambitious and enduring design project.
This book provides a detailed and sumptuously illustrated history of the evolution of all members of the Palatino tribe: foundry Palatino, Linotype Palatino, Michelangelo, Sistina, Aldus, Heraklit, Phidias, American Palatino, Enge Aldus, Linofilm Palatino, Zapf Renaissance, PostScript Palatino, Palatino Nova, Aldus Nova, and Palatino Sans. It includes new specimens of the foundry and Linotype faces printed by hand directly from the metal, as well as hundreds of color illustrations documenting the artistry and care expended in creating these components of our typographic heritage.
Palatino: The Natural History of a Typeface is printed in an edition of three hundred copies, each numbered and signed by the author. Each copy contains two additional specimens printed letterpress by Richard Seibert – one from polymer plates, the other from handset Heraklit loaned for this purpose by Norman McKnight. The book is 296 pages, measures 5 5/9 x 9 inches, and is bound in full cloth with two-color typographic endpapers and a two-color letterpress tilting label, slipcased.
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