Unjustified Texts: Writing on Typography [Paperback]

Robin Kinross (Author)

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Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Hyphen Press (Feb 1 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0907259170
ISBN-13: 978-0907259176
Product Dimensions: 21 x 12.9 x 2.7 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #613,570 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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For twenty-five years, Robin Kinross has been making a case for typography as a matter of fine detail and subtle judgment, whose products concern all of us, every day. This selection of his writings-including some previously unpublished-brings his major themes into focus: the unsung virtues of editorial design and information design, the fate of Modernism in the twentieth century, and the virtues of a socially oriented design approach. His much sought-after and out-of-print pamphlet Fellow Readers (1994) is reprinted in full.

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There is a presumption implied in this exercise of recycling what may be lesser writings on a topic that is itself already 'lesser', namely - typography (though the book's subtitle might have run on to 'graphic design, and design as a whole, with some dashes into architecture, and broad-brush cultural commentary here and there too'). Read the first page

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5.0 out of 5 stars An encyclopedia in itself, Jun 14 2009

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It is amazing that such a book is so unknown. I realize cost may be a determining factor as well as having to wait for special order but for anything from Hyphen Press it is well worth it.

All in all I refer to this book on a very regular basis, it has become my go-to book whenever I need historical facts and figures, details on various graphic design and typographic matters.
It's important to realize this isn't an encyclopedia, it does not got into historical details before the 1900s, there are plenty of books that discuss these things. But for "all" things contemporary especially in Europe it's a goldmine.

Herein is an amazing collection that never ceases to amaze me by the depth and richness of character. The writing is sublime and it's hard not to have the utmost respect for the body of work that has been reproduced in full in this book.

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