Editor: Summer Stone
Publisher: The Edward Johnston Foundation and Ditchling Museum
Publication: 2000, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 64
Size: 245 x 230
Text: English
ISBN: 0951622412
(Preface) 'FONT explores the relationship between calligraphy, type and the new digital technology through the work of one of the world's greatest typographers: the American Sumner Stone. A calligrapher by training, and now one of the leading figures in the application of the computer to type design, Stone has entered into a unique collaboration with Ditchling Museum and The Edward Johnston Foundation. The exhibition he has helped to create focuses on the development of a single new typeface, BASALT. Seen at every stage of its creation, BASALT is set alongside other work by Stone, together with examples of both historical and contemporary lettering he admires.
As well as providing a rare insight into the creative process, the exhibition shows how the shape of our entire visual environment is changing at the beginning of the new century, not just on the small scale of the desktop screen, but also in the special demands of public signage for locations as diverse as a university campus and the Paris Metro. This book is designed to accompany the exhibition and includes articles by Sumner Stone, David Levy, John Dreyfus and Tom Perkins on many varied issues in contemporary lettering.'
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