About More Alphabets - Kelly, Jerry
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This book, a companion volume to the Typophile Chapbook "About Alphabets" (1960, updated 1970), describes Zapf's post-1970 type designs and provides new research on many of the earlier types. In this volume, Jerry Kelly describes the origins and history of numerous Hermann Zapf typefaces including Marconi, ITC Zapf International, Linotype Zapfino, and Zapf Civilité. Kelly also includes new information on the Palatino nova and Optima nova families. This new Typophiles Chapbook is profusely illustrated with type specimens and drawings, many of which have never before been reproduced.

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Produktbeschreibung
This book, a companion volume to the Typophile Chapbook "About Alphabets" (1960, updated 1970), describes Zapf's post-1970 type designs and provides new research on many of the earlier types. In this volume, Jerry Kelly describes the origins and history of numerous Hermann Zapf typefaces including Marconi, ITC Zapf International, Linotype Zapfino, and Zapf Civilité. Kelly also includes new information on the Palatino nova and Optima nova families. This new Typophiles Chapbook is profusely illustrated with type specimens and drawings, many of which have never before been reproduced.
Autorenporträt
Jerry Kelly is an award winning designer, calligrapher, and printer working independently in New York City. Prior to establishing his own business in 1999, he was a designer/representative for The Stinehour Press and The Press of A. Colish. His articles on typography and calligraphy have been widely published in various books and journals, including Matrix, Fine Print, The AIGA Journal, Calligraphy Review, Bookways, and The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. He is a member of the Grolier Club, the Bund Deutsche Buchkunstler, The Typophiles, and the American Printing History Association. He received his BFA from Queens College, and he has studied with Hermann Zapf at the Rochester Institute of Technology.