Albertus: The Biography of a Typeface
• W. W. Norton & • ISBN-13 978-1324086222
Albertus: The Biography of a Typeface
ISBN-10: 132408622X · ISBN-13: 978-1324086222 · 2024
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A compact and charming history of the beloved handcrafted font by the New York Times best-selling author of Just My Type. Albertus, first carved on a bronze tablet in the 1930s by German Jewish refugee Berthold Wolpe, has proved to be one of the most enduring handcrafted typefaces in the world.
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Publisher: W. W. Norton &
2024
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Contributor: the New York Times best-selling author of Just My Type
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