The Art Of Written Forms

ART OF WRITTEN FORMS is the first book since the early years of the twentieth century to treat in one comprehensive volume both the historical and practical aspects of letters and writing systems. Drawing together information and illustrations from historic texts and modern research, much of it rare and inaccessible, the book surveys the history, theory, materials, and techniques of calligraphy, typography, and constructed letters.

One of the most widely read and consulted texts on calligraphy ever written, surveying in one comprehensive volume the history, theory, materials and techniques of calligraphy, typography and constructed letters. 500 illustrations.

ART OF WRITTEN FORMS is the first book since the early years of the twentieth century to treat in one comprehensive volume both the historical and practical aspects of letters and writing systems. Drawing together information and illustrations from historic texts and modern research, much of it rare and inaccessible, the book surveys the history, theory, materials, and techniques of calligraphy, typography, and constructed letters.

A manual on lettering from ancient Rome to the present with copious illustrations.

The present collection examines the complex interrelationship between the oral and the written and the problems of textualisation.