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Warren Chappell (1904–1991)

Autor(a) de A Short History of the Printed Word

17+ Works 629 Membros 6 Reviews

About the Author

Warren Chappell was a lecturer, type and book designer, author and illustrator of children's books. Robert Bringhurst is one of Canada's most highly regarded typographers and book designers.

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Obras de Warren Chappell

Associated Works

Dom Quixote (1605) — Ilustrador, algumas edições30,459 cópias
Tom Jones (1749) — Ilustrador, algumas edições8,113 cópias
A Christmas Carol / The Chimes / The Cricket on the Hearth (1843) — Ilustrador, algumas edições1,846 cópias
John Brown's Body (1965) — Ilustrador, algumas edições887 cópias
4 Plays: King Lear; Macbeth; Othello; Romeo and Juliet (1944) — Ilustrador, algumas edições791 cópias
Peter and the Wolf (1936) — Ilustrador, algumas edições789 cópias
The Dark Frigate (1923) — Ilustrador, algumas edições743 cópias
Thomas Jefferson: Father of Democracy (1953) — Ilustrador — 321 cópias
The Louisiana Purchase (1952) — Ilustrador — 307 cópias
The Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1965) — Ilustrador, algumas edições275 cópias
Wolf Story (1947) — Ilustrador — 222 cópias
The Food of Italy (1971) — Ilustrador — 201 cópias
The Comedies and Tragedies of Shakespeare (1944) — Ilustrador — 114 cópias
The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot (1946) — Ilustrador — 25 cópias
A Fireside Book of Yuletide Tales (1948) — Ilustrador, algumas edições19 cópias
French Fairy Tales (1968) — Ilustrador — 5 cópias
Hansel and Gretel: A Story of the Forest (1944) — Ilustrador — 2 cópias

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This is THE book for printing history. Why had I never heard of it before? Why? why?

It's excellently concise, well exampled and very readable. THE book.
 
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jennybeast | 1 outra resenha | Apr 14, 2022 |
A short meditation on the typography and perseverance of the Roman alphabet by designer Warren Chappell. Beautifully designed, as one would expect from Chappell, and with a strong cautionary note at the end.
 
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JBD1 | 1 outra resenha | Apr 5, 2016 |
“The Sleeping Beauty” is a good book with a main point of one-day bad things will turn out good. This is conveyed through the use of the characters. For throughout the story the family know that the daughter will one day get sick and they try to avoid this yet it still happens and one hundred years later she is awoken by a prince. These characters had me engaged and interested in seeing what would happen next and how it would be handle. They kept me as the reader fully involved in the story line. Along with the characters I will say that the illustrations kept me intrigued because they were done in such a way that it seemed as if they were painted on each page special and each color was very vibrant. On another note something that I found very interesting was that on some of the pages there were bars of music so if the reader had instrumental talents he or she could play the song that was relevant to that section.… (mais)
 
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KiTiraShorter | Mar 11, 2014 |
This slim book is a solid history of Roman alphabet letterforms. However, the author does become a bit melodramatic when describing the evils of machine typography in the last chapter.
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Katya0133 | 1 outra resenha | Apr 21, 2011 |

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Obras
17
Also by
19
Membros
629
Popularidade
#40,058
Avaliação
4.0
Resenhas
6
ISBNs
18
Idiomas
1

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