book (design) story #544
jan tschichold:
typographische mitteilungen / sonderheft elementare typographie
bildungsverband der deutschen buchdrucker, leipzig, 1925
printer: buchdruckwerkstätte g.m.b.h., leipzig
size: 31 x 23 cm
designer: jan tschichold
the german typographer's trade journal "typographische mitteilungen" was very instrumental in establishing the new typography style in german speaking countries. story 387 was about some 1930s issues. recently i was able to acquire a whole pile of somewhat earlier issues, for a couple of euros each. while they are all quite interesting, however ...
... all typography aficionados hope to find a copy of the single most important and desirable issue – ...
... the special issue of october 1925 on "elemental typography".
considered today as an incunabulum of modernist typography, ...
... it was compiled by jan tschichold (1902-1974) ...
... who called himself "iwan" at the time.
the rest ...
... is ...
... history!
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