''FontBook'' is a typeface compendium in hardback published by
FSI FontShop International and edited by
Erik Spiekermann, Jürgen Siebert, and Mai-Linh Thi Truong. Published in 1991, it has been revised four times, with the latest edition published in September 2006. This fourth edition contains 32,000 samples of fonts from 90 international
type foundries
A type foundry is a company that designs or distributes typefaces. Before digital typography, type foundries manufactured and sold metal and wood typefaces for hand typesetting, and matrices for line-casting machines like the Linotype and Mono ...
. In addition to type samples, ''FontBook'' also contains historical footnotes (such as the type designer's name and typeface's date of creation) and cross-references to fonts of similar style.
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In July 2011, FSI published the first digital version of the FontBook. The
iPad app contains 620,000 typeface specimens by 110 international type foundries.
[https://www.fontfont.com/fontbook FontBook app on FSI’s FontFont website]
References
* : Books: FontBook ()
FontBook.com - Official Site
FontBook Product Description- FontShop.com
1991 non-fiction books
Typography
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