New types: three pioneers of Hebrew graphic design

Contents

Hebrew type design in the context of the book art movement and new typography / Philipp Messner -- The design of Hebrew type in the first decade of Israeli statehood / Adi Stern -- Tradition and modernity : Salman Schocken and the aestheticization of the everyday / Stefanie Mahrer -- Moshe Spitzer -- A constellation of bibliophiles : Moshe Spitzer and the Buber-Rosenzweig bible translation / Emily D. Bilski -- A microcosm of Jewish culture : the Schocken library series / Stefanie Mahrer -- Tarshish books : precious cargo / Ada Wardi -- My blue piano : Else Lasker-Schüler's last poetry volume, Jerusalem, 1943 / Caroline Jessen -- Franzisca Baruch -- The 1921 passover haggadah : lettering by Franzisca Baruch, illustrations by Jacob Steinhardt / Philipp Messner -- Signs and silhouettes : working for the Imperial Arts Commissioner / Caroline Jessen -- Franzisca Baruch's marzipan biscuits from Jerusalem / Caroline Jessen -- Lettering : drawing letters for a variety of purposes / Liron Lavi-Turkenich -- Symbols of the state-in-the-making / Liron Lavi-Turkenich, Ada Wardi -- Henri Friedlaender -- 1922 to 1932 : training and apprenticeship in Germany / Philipp Messner -- Hadassah : a modern Hebrew typeface / Adi Stern -- The Holland years : book design and calligraphy practice in hiding / Philipp Messner -- Shalom, Hadar, and Aviv : new typefaces / Liron Lavi-Turkenich -- Chronology : Hebrew typeface design in the era of lead typesetting / Philipp Messner.