Counterpunch is both an explanation of the 16th-century method of?cutting metal type and an impassioned plea for contemporary designers to incorporate the lessons of history as a means of creating typography in our digital age. Smeijers sees the counterpunch technique as essential for ensuring the regularity of form, repeatability, and speed of production necessary for rational design.??Smeijers traces the history of letterform design to discover how technique influenced the shape of type, whether the metal punches of the past or today's computer-generated forms. Counterpunch is generously?illustrated with drawings by the author, examples of early type specimens, and detailed photographs of punches.

Counterpunch: Making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now

Arts & Photography

Smeijers, Fred

Graphic Design

Princeton Architectural Press

Typography is still dominated by letterforms from the first one hundred years of European printing. Where were the processes and attitudes that lie behind these forms? Fred Smeijers is a type desinger who learn to design and cut punches: the key instruments with which metal type is made. This book is a work of practical history, with much contemporary relevance.

Counterpunch, 2nd edition: Making Type in the Sixteenth Century Designing Typefaces Now

Hyphen Press

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Counterpunch: Making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now

Counterpunch, 2nd edition: Making Type in the Sixteenth Century Designing Typefaces Now