內容簡介
內容簡介 字體界的典範，重現印刷之王Bodoni專業字型手冊印刷之王Giambattista Bodoni(1740-1813)曾擔任帕爾瑪公爵出版社官方發行印刷指導員，他是一位產量豐富的字體設計師，也是偉大的雕刻家，更被當時公認為最專業的印刷師。他所設計的字體被譽為現代主義風格最完美的代表作。Bodoni認為完美的字體設計來自四大準則：一致性的設計、清晰及整齊、擁有好品味及充滿獨特魅力。Bodoni死後的1818年，特別發行他專屬的字體使用指南，提供完整的字體使用規範及各種字體設計，為往後的現代字體設計建立完整的基準。英國TASCHEN出版社特別將此手冊經典重現，全書共有142組羅馬及斜體字體範例，包括字體的邊框、裝飾花紋、符號、花邊等，及希臘文、希伯來文、俄羅斯文、阿拉伯文、腓尼基、亞美尼亞、科普特及西藏等字母的完整呈現。Official printer for the Duke of Parma, Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813) declared that well-designed type derived its beauty from four principles: uniformity of design, sharpness and neatness, good taste, and charm. In his Manuale tipografico, published posthumously in 1818, he distilled these principles into a comprehensive catalog of type and set the standard for printing the alphabet thereafter.TASCHEN’s meticulous reprint of Bodoni’s masterwork celebrates what was an unprecedented degree of technical refinement and visual elegance, as well as exploring the origins of the much-loved Bodoni typeface, still frequently deployed in both print and digital media. Like the original, the book features 142 sets of roman and italic typefaces, a wide selection of borders, ornaments, symbols, and flowers, as well as Greek, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, Phoenician, Armenian, Coptic, and Tibetan alphabets.
