A Brief Visual History of Vintage Typographic Scripts
Thank you to Maria Popova of Brain Pickings for this review of Steven Heller and Louise Fili’s latest book Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design’s Golden Age . According to Ms. Popova their book is, “a treasure chest of typographic gems culled from advertising, street signage, type-specimen books, wedding invitations, restaurant menus and personal letters from the 19th to the mid-20th century. Ranging from the classic to the quirky, the 350 stunning images are unified by a common thread: All the typefaces featured are derived from handwriting or symbolic of the handwritten form, and the letters in each touch each other.” Read the entire review.
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