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Auteur(s) : Loxley, Simon. Auteur du texte Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Printer's devil [Texte imprimé] : the life and work of Frederic Warde / by Simon Loxley

Édition : 1st ed

Publication : Boston (Mass.) : D. R. Godine, 2013

Description matérielle : 1 vol (193 p.-[12] p. of pl.) : ill. en noir et en coul. ; 24 cm

Comprend : Introduction ; Arthur: Warde's early years 1894-1918 ; Frederique: New York 1919-1922 ; Kiou: Princeton 1922-1924 ; Frederic :The wardes of England 1925 ; W: The year of the serpent 1926 ; FQW: Europe 1926-1927 ; Fred America 1927-1934 ; Freddy: The final years of 1934-1939 ; Q: In friendly early ; Conclusion.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index"The book and type designer Frederic Warde is remembered today chiefly for his collaboration with Stanley Morison, for producing the singular typeface Arrighi, and for being, briefly, the husband of Beatrice, Monotype's charismatic publicity manager. His life was short (he died in 1939, at the age of only forty-five) but in the previous two decades he had pursued a peripatetic, rollercoaster career that saw him come into contact with most of the leading players in his field, in England, Europe, and America: Bruce Rogers, Mardersteig, Updike, Ruzicka, George Macy, William Kittredge, and, of course, Morison, are just a few of a stellar cast of characters whose lives intersected with his orbit. Until now scantily documented, Warde is the missing piece in the story of design, type, and printing in the interwar years, and this book will make essential reading for anyone interested in that critical period, one that saw the final era of hot-metal composition and printing combined with the emergence of graphic design as a distinct profession. Warde laid many false trails about his personal history, but the author has drawn upon a surprisingly large body of surviving documentation to piece together a fascinating picture of his life and of the complex, frustrating, sometimes dislikeable, but often inspiring, figure at its center. The best of Warde's extensive body of work displays a restraint and economy linked with an often striking color sense that feels thoroughly modern in its approach. This output was maintained, sometimes erratically, against the backdrop of Warde's mercurial and fragmented professional and personal life. Polarizing the opinions of those he met, he was unfailingly a prolific, entertaining, and informed letter writer, and his correspondence provides invaluable insights into his world and those around him. Here is a designer's life played out against the backdrop of the boom years of the 1920s, the challenges of the Depression, and the obstacles and opportunities created by his own remarkable, but troubled, genius."--Publisher's website

Sujet(s) : Warde, Frederic (1894-1939) Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet Livres -- Mise en page -- États-Unis Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet Typographes -- États-Unis Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet Typographie -- États-Unis -- Histoire Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet