Type by Roger Excoffon: 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 midcentury maestro Roger Excoffon. Covering his entire career with Olive, the family foundry he transformed into an international trendsetter, the selection features dazzling specimens by Excoffon himself and generously includes examples of every typeface he created for the company. Bound in their original trims with an interior pocket containing smaller booklets, they offer invaluable access to the work of one design's most unmistakable figures"--Page 4 of cover.

Contents

Pamphlets. [Supplement 1] Chambord Etroit : (1949) (1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm)) -- [Supplement 2] Calypso ; [Supplement 3] Diane ; [Supplement 4] Nord : (1960) (3 folded sheets (4 unnumbered pages each : color illustrations ; 25 cm)). Volumes. Mistral : (1953) (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm) -- Vendôme : (1953) (18 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm) -- Choc : (1955) (12 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm) -- 3 scriptes : (1956) (28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm) -- Vendôme, Chambord, Banco, Mistral : (1954) (24 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm) -- Chambord, Mistral Vendôme, Banco : (1955, additions circa 1958) (64 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm) -- Nord : (1959) (28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm) -- Une antique novelle de la fonderie Olive : (1962) (16 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm) --