Wörgötter, Michael:

Bern, Brigitte Schuster Éditeur, 2014. 24 x 16 cm. 256 pp. Softcover. Illustrated in colour. - Between 2010 and 2013, editor Brigitte Schuster interviewed thirteen prominent Dutch book designers, reproduced here along with a wealth of images of the designers and their work, much of which has never before been reproduced. Joost Grootens - Karen Polder - Ron van Roon - François Berserik - Armand Mevis - Hansje van Halem - Walter Nikkels - Robbert & Oscar Schrover - Caroline de Lint - Bram de Does - Tessa van der Waals - Adriaan de Jonge. - Fine copy.

Published by De Buitenkant, Amsterdam, 2021. 4to heavy hardcover. 335 pages, richly illustrated. Binding with minor wear, upper front corners lightly dented else overall a very good clean copy. 1st ed. " Gerard Unger's body of work presents a case study in the development of modern type design, unfolding alongside the rapid technological changes that have transformed typesetting and publishing during the last fifty years. After an auspicious initiation by making a counter-proposal to Wim Crouwel's famous New Alphabet (1967), Unger became a principal designer of new typefaces for the first digital type composing machine, the Hell Digiset. He attempted to design type specifically for the technology, specifying precise bitmaps instead of drawing outlines. Subsequent developments in font engineering allowed more subtlety into his designs, resulting in a series of classic typefaces that included Demos, Praxis, Swift, and the truly original sanserif cursive Flora. With the transition to desktop type-design systems, Unger began to digitize and market typefaces himself, scoring a particular success with the innovative, space-saving type Gulliver. Commissions for Dutch road-signs and for millennial celebrations in Rome led to further adaptable typefaces, such as Capitolium and Vesta. Christopher Burke documents Unger's career in type design, with numerous illustrations, but also examines his writing on the subject, which reflected a lifelong quest for the root of convention in reading and in type-forms. The book is completed by extensive appendices, including a reproduction and translation of Unger's exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum (1977), where he began to develop a theory of type design."

Verlag Hermann Schmidt 2016. 21 x 5.5 x 6 cm. 560 pages or 280 sheets printed on both sides in three different spot colors. 264 fonts sorted by similarity and presented in their effect on paper. Handling wear to slipcase else fine. Choosing the right font is becoming increasingly difficult with the explosive growth in the number of fonts. Here is a practical tool for everyday use with type. It shows you 264 classic and very current text fonts from major foundries and newcomers scouted for you. Within the categories, we have sorted the fonts according to stylistic similarity and arranged them diagonally on the page so that you can make a direct comparison when selecting. We have deliberately limited ourselves to fonts that are particularly suitable for typesetting larger volumes. And of course, where available, we show small caps, old style figures, and all typefaces from extralight to ultrabold, and tell you where to buy them. Fans have backs, and even with good old vinyl, connoisseurs have discovered many a treasure on the B-side. That's why we use the back of the fan sheets to recommend italics. Indispensable for complex typographic challenges anyway, and also as an inspiration for the emancipation of italics.

Mark Batty Publisher, 2007. 8vo in heavy nice hardcover with, slightly worn and sunned but now protected dustjacket. 223 pages. Clean inside and overall a well preserved very good copy. 1st ed.

Princeton Architectural Press, 2003. 8vo in wraps as issued. 256 pages, richly illustrated in color. Text in English. Fine copy. A book about radio amateurs and their acknowledgement cards, a beguiling book designed by graphic design genius Paul Sahre: "Jerry Powell began his ham radio operation in 1929 and with the exception of the World War II years (when government forbade ham radio operators to take to the air) he was in continuous communication with people all over the world until his death in 1999. This book tells the story of Powell and the people he met. It is a record of one man's contacts during times of war, depression, peace and floods. Whenever a communication is established for the first time, the recipient of the communication by law must send an acknowledgement card, called a QSL. These QSLs are unique to each individual, it is their stamp and their calling card. This book brings together over 500 QSLs received by Jerry and provides commentary on each one. The authors radioed many of his more recent contacts to get Jerry Powell's story - and the story of ham radio."

Graphis Press Corp., Zurich 1970. Large heavy 4° hardcover with jacket. 255 pages, plus adv. Profusedly illustrated, trilingual edition. Somewhat worn jacket with repairs etc, minor overall edgewear, in all a good to very good copy. With cover by Tomi Ungerer.