Over the past two decades, digital technology has changed major aspects of our society. Many of these advances--from computer-regu-lated automobiles to retail laser scanners--impact our lives in a signif-icant way, but do much of their work behind the scenes. In the realm of visual communications, new technology has completely altered our perceptual experience. Typography, images, and even the very nature of sDace in graphic and kinetic media have been profoundly reincarnated.

Prologue: What makes a typeface a classic?

Introduction: Esthetics, technology, and

marketing in the evolution of typeface designs

Major Typefaces and Their Digital Forms

Ancient Inscriptions by Janet Horst

Basherville by John Dixon

Bembo by Julie L. Rabun

Bodoni and Didot by Roy McKelvey

Caslon by Philip B. Meggs

Centaur by Sheilah M. Barrett

Century by Carolyn Annand

Clarendons by Pornprapha Phatanateacha

Cheltenham by Bonnie Hamalainen

Egyptians by Shih-Tien Yang

Franklin Gothic by Ansel M. Olson

Garamond and Galliard by David Steadman

Geometric Sans Serifs by Jarik van Slulls

Grotesques by Charley Foley

Helvetica and Meta by Leland /H. Hill

Humanist Sans Serifs by Jarnie M. Barnett

Jenson by Sheilah M. Barrett

Renaissance Inscriptions by Julie L. Rabun

Times Roman by Mary Beth Henry

Univers and Frutiger byJenni[er Gibson

Glossary

Index