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burke, christopher:

Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography

Hyphen Press, London 2007. 335 pp. 4:o (27,5 x 21 cm). Hardback. 700 colour pictures.
The central part of the book is made up of three chapters. First, a description of Tschichold’s typography in the years 1925–33, with a depiction of his extensive contacts with avant-garde designers across Europe. After this, an interlude describes Tschichold’s detention in 1933 by the Nazis. The second long chapter discusses Tschichold’s engagement in his modernist period with letterforms as such (calligraphy, typefaces) and his book-design work. The last chapter looks at Tschichold after his emigration to Switzerland: his ‘serene modernism’ and turn to traditionalist design. The book is prefaced with a short essay by Robin Kinross, discussing Tschichold’s present reputation. It is rounded off with a selection of key texts by Tschichold (in English translation for the first time), a bibliography, and index.
In the first book on Tschichold to be based on extensive archive research, Burke turns fresh and revealing light on his subject. He sets Tschichold in the network of artists and designers who constituted New Typography in its moment of definition and exploration, and puts new emphasis on Tschichold as an activist collector, editor and writer. Tschichold’s work is shown in colour throughout, in freshly made photographs of examples drawn from public and private collections. This is not a biography, but rather a discussion of the work seen in the context of Tschichold’s life and the times in which he lived.

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Typografi & Grafisk Form

doubleday, richard b.:

Jan Tschichold, Designer. The Penguin Years

Lund Humphries, London 2006. 240 pages. 249 x 200mm). Hardback with dust jacket. Includes 65 colour and 45 b&w illustrations. (ISBN: 0 85331 946 4).Shortly after the end of the Second World War, and following the success of its paperback rebranding, Penguin Books made the bold decision to completely redesign its publications. Their subsequent choice of designer would not only lead to the consolidation of an iconic brand but also a revolution in typographic conventions.By the time Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) arrived at Penguin Books in 1947, he had already established himself as an innovative and highly talented typographer and graphic designer. His previous prolific design experience helped him tackle the Herculean task presented to him: to create a uniform design that could be applied to mass production. The resulting Penguin Composition Rules and King Penguin standard grids represent one aspect of the typographic revolution that Tschichold masterminded at the publishing house.Examining for the first time Tschichold´s innovative design practices at Penguin, this book offers a detailed account of the development of an iconic brand. Including over 100 reproductions plus texts written by Tschichold that discuss the Penguin redesign specifically, Jan Tschichold, Designer: The Penguin Years is essential reading for anyone interested in the history of twentieth-century graphic design.

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Periodica och årsböcker | Typografi & Grafisk Form

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imprimatur III, 1932. Ein Jahrbuch für Bücherfreunde

Gesellschaft der Bücherfreunde zu Hamburg, 1932. 199, (9) s. 4:o (28x20,5 cm). Häftad med något fläckade omslag och lätt böjda ytterhörn. Obetydlig fuktskada i nedre marginalen s. 193 och framåt. Rygg med mindre skada upptill. 73 avbildningar i texten, 55 typprover och 12 bilagor. Tryckt vid Offizin Haag-Dragulin, Leipzig, med Paul Renners Futura i endast 650 exemplar. Bland många läsvärda artiklar märks Jan Tschichold: ”Über El Lissitzky” (illustrerad med 18 avbildningar). Paul Renner: ”Modern, traditionell, modisch” (med en bilaga tryckt vid Meisterschule für Deutschlands Buchdrucker, München. Konrad F Bauer: ”Bericht über neue Schriften (med 55 typprover och en bilaga). Armin Renker: Bericht über neue Werkdruckpapiere für Amerika (med sex pappersprover). (N. L. Scotland Jan Tschichold s. 65).

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Typografi & Grafisk form | Bokstavsformer & typsnitt

jong, cees w. de - purvis, alston w. - coultre, martijn f. le - doubleday, richard b. - reichardt, hans:

Jan Tschichold. Master Typographer. His Life, Work & Legacy

Thames & Hudson, London 2008. 351 pp. 4:o (32.0 x 22.9 cm). Black cloth with dust jacket. 331 illustrations, 278 in colour. New copy.
Few have left a deeper impression on the world of typography than Jan Tschichold, one of the most outstanding and influential designers of the 20th century. Not only was he a master in his field, but he wrote a number of highly influential books and became instrumental in promoting the modernist design strategy called the New Typography. This substantial volume covers Tschichold’s life and career, placing the designer’s vision firmly in the rich cultural and historical context of his era. Tschichold embraced avant-garde ideas from movements such as the Bauhaus and De Stijl and made them accessible to working designers and printers, stressing clarity in communication, with form and function going hand in hand.
The contributing writers discuss the designer’s major influences and the highlights of his varied career, including his seminal poster designs, his groundbreaking work with Penguin Books, and his type design including the creation of the classic typeface Sabon.
Lavish illustrations – archive photographs, many published here for the first time, as well as copious examples of Tschichold’s work – accompany the text, confirming that Tschichold’s heritage lives on in the digital age, and proving that he is amongst the greatest typographic designers ever.

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Kalligrafi & Skrift

tschichold, jan:

Schatzkammer der Schreibkunst. Meisterwerke der Kalligraphie aus vier Jahrhunderten auf Zweihundert Tafeln

Birkhäuser, Basel 1945. 16 s. text + 200 planscher. Tvär 4:o. Klotryggband med skadat skyddsomslag. Överdragspapper till pärmarna ur en mönsterbok från 1700-talet. Exlibris (Fredric Bagge). Urval, sammanställning, text och typografi av Jan Tschichold.Magnifik bok med kalligrafiska mästerstycken från Vincentino Arrighi (1522) till Midolle1840. (N. L. Scotland Jan Tschichold nr 97 & s. 73).

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Bokstavsformer & typsnitt

tschichold, jan:

Schriftkunde, Schreibübungen und Skizzieren für Setzer

Benno Schwabe, Basel 1942. 79 s. Illustrerad. Pappband med skyddsomlag. Exlibris. Originalutgåvan.Typografi av J.T. R. McLean: “It is, again an admirable and handy little introduction to the knowledge of lettering and type, beautifully designed and printed: no such book existed in England at that time.” (N. L. Scotland Jan Tschichold s. 72).

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Typografi & Grafisk Form | Bokstavsformer & typsnitt

tschichold, jan:

Schriftkunde, Schreibübungen und Skizzieren für Setzer

Benno Schwabe, Basel 1942. 79 s. Illustrerad. Pappband med blek rygg och naggat skyddsomslag. Namnteckning (Fredric Bagge). Originalutgåvan.Typografi av J.T.R. McLean: “It is, again an admirable and handy little introduction to the knowledge of lettering and type, beautifully designed and printed: no such book existed in England at that time.” (N. L. Scotland Jan Tschichold sid. 72).

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Typografi & Grafisk Form

tschichold, jan:

Erfreuliche Drucksachen durch gute Typographie. Eine Fibel für jedermann

Otto Maier Verlag, Ravensburg 1960. 126 s. Illustrerad. Pappband. Originalutgåvan. “... an introduction for the general reader to the appreciation of good design in lettering and printing, with excellent illustrations of ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ in shapes of letters and the arrangement of type, margins and illustrations.” R. McLean. (N. L. Scotland Jan Tschichold sid. 73).

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tschichold, jan:

Bokens proportioner

Wezäta, Göteborg 1955. 48 s. + 13 planschsidor, (1) s. 19 illustrationer i texten samt 13 planscher. Trädhäftad med flikomslag. Två minimala revor vi omslagets övre marginal. Tryckt med Monotype Garamond i två färger, rött och svart. Typografiska anvisningar för allt arbete av Jan Tschichold.
“En vacker och välgjord bok i Wezätas fina skriftserie” Svensk Bokkonst 1955. “I föreliggande häfte publicerar Tschichold för första gången resultatet av en undersökning på ett av bokgestaltningens mest centrala områden och framlägger samtidigt sina synpunkter i frågan om bokformatens standardisering”. Wezätas Skriftserie Nr 7. (N. L. Scotland Jan Tschichold s. 73, Klemke s. 286).

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Typografi & Grafisk Form

Tschichold, Jan:

Im Dienste des Buches. Buchherstellung als kunst. Satzregeln eines buchherstellers. Achtundfünfzig tafeln nach arbeiten des verfassers

sgm-Bücherei Rudolf Hostettler und Hermann Strehler, Sankt Gallen 1951. 21 pages of text followed by 58 plates. Large 4to (33,5 x 24,3 cm). Beautiful, brick-colored cardboard band with a damaged dust jacket, otherwise in very good condition. Inscription & drawing on front free endpaper: ”Till Werkmästers från Thollander 1957”.
The book is an example collection of the best that Jan Tschichold designed for the Penguin and Swiss publishers. Text with Penguin rules. Printed at Nordenlunde’s Bogtrykkeri, Copenhagen.
When printed from original matrixes and the original image blocks the reproduction of title pages, dust jackets, text pages etc. being excellent. Because of the book´s generous dimensions, most of the images reproduced in original size. Typography for the author´s instructions. (NL Scotland Jan Tschichold p. 73).

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