Type by Aldo Novarese: collected specimen booklets

Abstract

"Small masterpieces from the age of metal type, foundry specimen booklets introduced new typefaces to the world with exquisitely arranged showings and a variety of original in-use examples. Distributed as ephemeral marketing, many are bold visual essays, statements of typographic craft, and prized keepsakes containing essential information about type as it was meant to be seen. This volume reproduces specimens of typefaces by quintessential Italian type designer Aldo Novarese. Spanning a career of almost four decades with Nebiolo, the leading metal type foundry in Italy, the selection features many remarkable specimens designed by Novarese himself and includes a wide sampling of roman, script, sans serif, and display type. Preserved in their original trims and brought together in book form (with an inside pocket containing additional booklets), they offer a rich document of Novarese's best work"-- Publisher's website.

Contents

Volumes. Stop : (1971) (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 23 cm) -- Recta : (1963) (18 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Eurostile : (1962) (14 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Eurostile : (1967) (15 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Ritmo : (1967) (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Juliet : (1955) (8 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Oscar : (1965) (11 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Dattilo chiarissimo tondo : (1973) (18 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Dattilo : (1972) (16 pages : color illustration ; 30 cm) -- Forma : (1968) (15 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Pamphlets. Landi linear : (1938) (1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 48 cm folded to 22 cm) -- Nova Augustea : (1966) (1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 34 x 49 cm folded to 34 cm) -- Metropol : (1968) (1 folded sheet (unnumbered 6 pages : color illustrations ; 18 x 89 cm folded to 30 cm) -- Slogan : (1957) (1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 x 63 cm folded to 30 cm) + 1 leaf (2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Cigno : (1954) (1 folded sheet (6 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 x 63 cm folded to 30 cm) + 1 leaf (2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm) -- Il carattere del sorriso : (1961) (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 30 cm).