Unnoticed: Secret Life of Type Faces
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Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Richard Wendorf explores the nature and history of the type faces by which we live, ranging from Roman capitals to the experimentation of William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. Typography is something that we encounter every day of our lives; it is one of the most pervasive elements in an entire spectrum of human activities. And yet typography is usually invisible or barely noticed; it is supposed to be transparent; it is not supposed to draw attention to itself. The Secret Life of Type is one of 10 essays collected together in Richard Wendorf's new book The Scholar-Librarian: Books, Libraries, and the Visual Arts, published by Oak Knoll Press and the Boston Athenaeum.
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