Dorothy A. Yule, 75 Faces, 75 Words, 2016 - 03_1000044 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Dorothy A. Yule, 75 Faces, 75 Words, 2016 - 03_1000044 / LetterformArchive
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| 説明 | “75 portraits of Jim Parkinson, master lettering artist and type designer, with a 75-word verse celebrating his 75th birthday in far fewer than 75 of his many typefaces.”– Verse, design, and production by Dorothy A. Yule– Wishbone illustration by Susan Hunt Yule– All fonts by Jim Parkinson– Mohawk Superfine, digitally printed on an HP Indigo Digital Press and foil-stamped, Boustrophedon accordion with “cigar band” pop-ups. Bound in foil-stamped leather and housed in a glass jar, 4 cm (1.5625 in) in diameter, 4.4 cm (1.75 in) deep when closed, 190.5 cm (75 in) opened out.– The rhyming verse: Jim loved letters From the start Letterforms Became his art: Drawing, painting, Laying tiles, Endlessly Inventing styles, Letters of All different kinds For the words Of clever minds. And his pen – Now magic code – Builds this Letter-littered road – Imagination’s Destiny – Three-quarters Of a century! So may the road Go on and on, Serifs singing Each new dawn, Dingbats drawn, Each in its place, To put a smile Upon your face! [Wishbone Illustration] a very typographical 75th birthday!– Last page: "Text set in Electrical Three (a font in progress for The Letterform Archive); cigar band text set in Modesto Text Light.” Letterform Archive commissioned Jim Parkinson to create a digital revival of Dwiggins’s Electra typeface for the book, W. A. Dwiggins: A Life in Design. Electrical Three was renamed LfA Aluminia and is available in our online shop.Jim Parkinson (1941–2025) was an Oakland-based lettering artist and type designer. He specialized designing and repairing logos for magazines and newspapers. You’ve likely seen his work for the nameplates of Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Esquire, InStyle, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, or the logos for the Doobie Brothers or the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.This video still is from a recording made by Letterform Archive docent, Melissa Lee. Learn more about the Archive’s collection of artists’ books and guided tours. |
| 撮影日 | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 |
| 撮影者 | LetterformArchive , San Francisco, United States |
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