Creator
A[lfred] F[orbes] Johnson (1884–1972)
Title
Type Designs: Their History and Development.
Coverage
London
Publisher
Grafton & Co.
Date
1934
Subject
Octavo
Description
A.F. Johnson was “Keeper of the Books” (librarian) at the British Museum, which would later spin off its book holdings into the British Library. In this modest volume Johnson imparts a great deal of knowledge about the evolution of type, from Gutenberg up to modern sans serifs and early-twentieth-century advertising typefaces. Type Designs is something of a “mini-Updike,” but that is not to say that Johnson does not have original thoughts about the development of type – he most certainly does.
Relation
LENDER: Jerry Kelly