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Vintage Type and Graphics: An Eclectic Collection of Typography, Ornament, Letterheads, and Trademarks from 1896 to 1936 Paperback – December 1, 2011
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- Print length208 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherAllworth
- Publication dateDecember 1, 2011
- Dimensions7.5 x 0.7 x 9.38 inches
- ISBN-101581158920
- ISBN-13978-1581158922
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- Publisher : Allworth; 1st edition (December 1, 2011)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 208 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1581158920
- ISBN-13 : 978-1581158922
- Item Weight : 1.65 pounds
- Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.7 x 9.38 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #266,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #31 in Advertising Graphic Design
- #92 in Design History & Criticism
- #116 in Typography (Books)
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About the author
Steven Heller, author and editor of over 130 books on graphic design, satiric art and popular culture, is the co-founder and co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is also co-founder of the MFA in Design Criticism, MFA in Interaction Design, MFA Social Documentary Film and MPS Branding programs. Although he does not hold an undergraduate or graduate degree he has devoted much of his career to fostering design education venues, opportunities and environments.
On the editorial side, for over 40 years he has been an art director for various underground and mainstream periodicals. For 33 years he was an art director at the New York Times (28 of them as senior art director New York Times Book Review). He currently writes the “Visuals” column for the Book Review and “Graphic Content” for the T-Style/The Moment blog (http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/author/steven-heller/). He is editor of AIGA VOICE: Online Journal of Design, a contributing editor to Print, EYE, and Baseline, and a frequent contributor to Metropolis and ID magazines. He contributes regularly to Design Observer and writes the DAILY HELLER blog for Print Magazine (http://blog.printmag.com/dailyheller/). His 135 books include "Design Literacy, " "Paul Rand," "Graphic Style" (with Seymour Chwast), "Stylepedia" (with Louise Fili), "The Design Entrepreneur" and "Design School Confidential" (both with Lita Talarico), "Iron Fists: Branding the Twentieth Century Totalitarian State", and the most recent, “Born Modern: The Life and Design of Alvin Lustig.”
He is the recipient of the 1999 AIGA Medal for Lifetime Achievement. His website is www.hellerbooks.com and his blog, The Daily Heller sponsored by Print magazine is http://imprint.printmag.com/daily-heller/
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Customers find the book provides a great resource of vintage-style graphics for today. They appreciate the easy access to the resources with the included CD. The images are scanned from catalogs and books, providing good image quality. However, opinions differ on the design - some find it nicely designed and fun to examine, while others feel it's the same as Design Connoisseur with little description about fonts and ornamentation.
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Customers find the book a great resource for vintage style graphics. They describe it as a nice collection of pictures with ornamental borders and letterheads. The images are included on a disk.
"This is beautifully produced, enjoyable selection of graphics from this period...." Read more
"another great resource of vintage style graphics for today" Read more
"Great resource for type styles of the 1930's" Read more
"fun look book" Read more
Customers find the book easy to use. They say it comes with a CD, making it easier to utilize the resources and digitally use the materials.
"...I like the companion download as it makes it easier to digitally use the materials...." Read more
"...it IS a good book and now it comes with a CD so it is easier to utilize the resources." Read more
"...The CD was easy to download and use. This is a good reference for the font types for the first third of the 20th century." Read more
Customers like the image quality. They mention the images are included on the disk but they're all in PDF format, and a collection of images scanned from catalogs, books, etc.
"It's a nice collection of pictures and the images are included on the disk but they're all in PDF format. No font files, gifs, etc...." Read more
"...It is entirely in black-and-white. It's a nice idea that it comes with a CD of the images...except....they are pdf files and not even scanned at..." Read more
"A collection of images scanned from catalogs, books etc. the cd contains the pages scanned in pdf. Not bad, but the worst from these authors." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the design. Some find it nicely designed and fun to examine, with a nice review of little-known fonts and letter forms. They appreciate the good letterheads and more from the same time period of the lettering. However, others say it's the exact same book as Design Connoisseur, with very little description about the fonts and ornamentation for each chapter.
"...Each page is available in PDF format on the CD, an extra bonus. Nicely done, nicely designed, fun to examine." Read more
"...the introduction for each chapter there is very little description about the fonts and ornamentation...." Read more
"I've always liked the look of writing of any style. This is a great help to learn styles and even practice on ur own paper." Read more
"This is the exact same book as Design Connoisseur. Literally, page for page...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2011This is beautifully produced, enjoyable selection of graphics from this period. Imagine my pleasant surprise when I discovered that it comes with a CD (I didn't know that's what the Amazon description "Pap/Cdr" means). Each page is available in PDF format on the CD, an extra bonus. Nicely done, nicely designed, fun to examine.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 20, 2015another great resource of vintage style graphics for today
- Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2024Aside from the introduction for each chapter there is very little description about the fonts and ornamentation. The book is more of a picture book or catalog of designs that can be referred to in your graphic design projects. I like the companion download as it makes it easier to digitally use the materials. I would recommend this if you were creating period or vintage design work.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2017Great resource for type styles of the 1930's
- Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2017It was great
- Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2011This is the exact same book as Design Connoisseur. Literally, page for page.
I enjoy Steven Heller books, but seriously, a new cover and a new title does not make it a new book. They could at least mention that it was previously published as Design Connoisseur.
Other than my disappointment at buying the same book twice, it IS a good book and now it comes with a CD so it is easier to utilize the resources.
- Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2016fun look book
- Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2024I've always liked the look of writing of any style. This is a great help to learn styles and even practice on ur own paper.
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Simone GiustiReviewed in Italy on September 8, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Ottimo!
Libro bellissimo! Contenuto spettacolare. 😀
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Felippe CavalcantiReviewed in Brazil on September 24, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars PERFEITO!!
Rico em referencias de varias épocas!! vc se inspira da capa ate a contra capa.
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Javier AlcarazReviewed in Mexico on December 14, 2017
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente recopilación
No me hacía muchas expectativas porque no es la más cuidada de las ediciones. Tampoco porque, más allá del precio tan accesible, había leído que no era de lo mejor. SIn embargo, es una muy buena recopilación de muestras del periodo entre siglos XIX y XX sobre tipografía de uso, digamos, mucho más popular. Por su precio, bien lo vale.
- DavidReviewed in Australia on March 30, 2024
1.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish
Another book that is a wast of money, again all the content is on the internet
- AlanJonesReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2015
5.0 out of 5 stars Lovely presentation
Very interesting and well presented book looking at the history of display typefaces. Great for anyone interested in typography.