German typographer Paul Renner is best known as the designer of the typeface Futura, which stands as a landmark of modern typographic design. Paul Renner , still the only study in any language of Renner's brilliant career, details his life and work to reveal the breadth of his accomplishments and influence. Christopher Burke presents a wealth of hithertounpublished materials, drawing on primary sources and archival research and clearly written with an eye to today's reader. Beautifully designed, Paul Renner is an ...
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German typographer Paul Renner is best known as the designer of the typeface Futura, which stands as a landmark of modern typographic design. Paul Renner , still the only study in any language of Renner's brilliant career, details his life and work to reveal the breadth of his accomplishments and influence. Christopher Burke presents a wealth of hithertounpublished materials, drawing on primary sources and archival research and clearly written with an eye to today's reader. Beautifully designed, Paul Renner is an inspiring tour de force portrait of this typographer's extraordinary career and his ongoing influence on the graphic arts.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" (USA) No markings, Fine in Fined ust ajcket., Wraps, with dust jacket, 223pp, index. Mostly B&W illustrations and photos with some colour mterial as well. The German typographer Paul rener is best known as the designer of the typeface Futura, which i=still sands as a landmark of modern typographic design. This is the first study of Renner's career, of his membership in he Deutscher Werkbund, his guidelines for balanced book design and his arrest by the Nazis. (1.8 JM LVR 205/a2.
