Warren Chappell (1904–1991)
Auteur de A Short History of the Printed Word
A propos de l'auteur
Warren Chappell was a lecturer, type and book designer, author and illustrator of children's books. Robert Bringhurst is one of Canada's most highly regarded typographers and book designers.
Œuvres de Warren Chappell
My life with letters 2 exemplaires
Fritz Kredel; an address 1 exemplaire
Warren Chappell : artist and artificer in the twentieth century book world : the keepsake of an exhibition in the… 1 exemplaire
The Fireside Book of Ghost Stories 1 exemplaire
Bottom's Dream 1 exemplaire
Sixty-three drawings 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Tragédies : Edition bilingue anglais-français (coffret de 2 volumes) (1944) — Illustrateur, quelques éditions — 792 exemplaires
L'Homme qui brillait la nuit (Bibliothèque verte) (1965) — Illustrateur, quelques éditions — 275 exemplaires
The Comedies and Tragedies of Shakespeare: Tragedies Volume Two (1944) — Illustrateur — 24 exemplaires
The Comedies and Tragedies of Shakespeare (Tragedies: Volume 1) (1944) — Illustrateur — 22 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1904
- Date de décès
- 1991-03-26
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Norwalk, Connecticut, USA
- Études
- Art Students' League
Offenbacher Werkstatt
University of Richmond - Professions
- illustrator
book designer
type designer - Organisations
- University of Richmond (artist-in-residence)
University of Virginia (artist-in-residence)
Membres
Critiques
A short meditation on the typography and perseverance of the Roman alphabet by designer Warren Chappell. Beautifully designed, as one would expect from Chappell, and with a strong cautionary note at the end.
“The Sleeping Beauty” is a good book with a main point of one-day bad things will turn out good. This is conveyed through the use of the characters. For throughout the story the family know that the daughter will one day get sick and they try to avoid this yet it still happens and one hundred years later she is awoken by a prince. These characters had me engaged and interested in seeing what would happen next and how it would be handle. They kept me as the reader fully involved in the story line. Along with the characters I will say that the illustrations kept me intrigued because they were done in such a way that it seemed as if they were painted on each page special and each color was very vibrant. On another note something that I found very interesting was that on some of the pages there were bars of music so if the reader had instrumental talents he or she could play the song that was relevant to that section.… (plus d'informations)
This slim book is a solid history of Roman alphabet letterforms. However, the author does become a bit melodramatic when describing the evils of machine typography in the last chapter.
1 
Katya0133 | 1 autre critique | Apr 21, 2011 |
Katya0133 | 1 autre critique | Apr 21, 2011 | Listes
Prix et récompenses
Vous aimerez peut-être aussi
Auteurs associés
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 17
- Aussi par
- 19
- Membres
- 631
- Popularité
- #39,929
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 18
- Langues
- 1
It's excellently concise, well exampled and very readable. THE book.