Custom Lettering of the 40s & 50s

danelle said One of my favorites in my personal library.. This book is AMAZING.Full of samples organized by style, over an inch thick.If you're a lettering artist, you need this book. You also need Custom Lettering of the 60's and 70's, also by Rian Hughes.. "Great book and a must have!" according to Tony. This is a thick, large book loaded with lettering examples from another era. It is a great reference and I recommend it to anybody who likes type/fonts/etc. I also recommend the other book in this series Custom Lettering of the 60s & 70s. S. Wolf said Purchased as gift. My brother had been drooling over this book every time he went in a bookstore. I bought it from amazon, received it super fast and wrapped it up for Christmas. My brother said it was the best gift he received and he was glued to it for days. He is a graphic designer and said this is an amazing boo

He studied graphic design at the London College of Printing before working for an advertising agency, 'i-D' magazine and a series of record sleeve design companies. In 1994, he founded his own studio, Device, and has since worked with a wide range of international clients in publishing, advertising, music and fashion. . Rian Hughes is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, comic artist, logo designer and typographer. He has also worked extensively for the Briti

"A labour of loving typographic archaeology by the type designer and illustrator Rian Hughes" Eye, Winter 2010/2011Custom Lettering of the 40s & 50s is a celebration of the stunning and stylistically varied headline lettering that predated modern computer type. Each a unique one-off, custom hand-drawn lettering had a stylistic freedom and creative energy unfettered by traditional typographic rules and regulations.This unique publication collects over 4,500 examples of custom lettering - from urgent rough block capitals to sophisticated looping copperplate scripts, elegant fashion brush scripts and dynamic illustrative sans serifs, the extraordinary range of graphic styles is as exciting as it is stylistically diverse.Cu

"A labour of living typographic archaeology by the type designer and illustrator Rian Hughes" Eye, Winter 2010/2011