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Jan Tschichold (1902-1974) is considered by many to be the most influential typographer of the twentieth century. A leading voice of the modernist movement, Tschichold oversaw the redesign of the Penguin and Pelican paperbacks in the late 1940s and devised for them a standardized set of typographic rules. The classical type designs of his late career qualify him as perhaps the first typographic postmodernist. Active Literature, an in-depth study of Jan Tschichold's modernist period, is based on extensive archival research that uncovered a wealth of new photographs of his design work. Author Christopher Burke presents a full portrait of the designer's career and puts into context Tschichold's own account of his life and work.

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Book category Books in English The arts Industrial / commercial art & design Individual designers

• Full title: Active Literature
• Subtitle: Jan Tschichold and New Typography
• Author: Christopher Burke
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 344
• EAN: 9780907259329
• ISBN: 9780907259329
• ID: 09110911
• Publisher: Hyphen Press
• Weight: 1382 g
• Dimensions: 282 × 220 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 17. July 2007

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