Fifty Type Specimens: From the Collection of Tobias Frere-Jones (Postcards)

Product Description Fifty Type Specimens is a collection of postcards with stunning images of typography, for inspiration, correspondence, or display. Cards feature classic letterforms, pages from specimen books, and crops of gorgeous letters presented in a box with the feel of an old specimen book. Historic typefaces, selected by renowned designer Tobias Frere-Jones, are organized into four geographic categories by thumb tabs: Germany, France, United States, and the United Kingdom. From the Back Cover Fifty Type Specimens is a collection of postcards with stunning images of typography, for inspiration, correspondence, or display. Cards feature classic letterforms, pages from specimen books, and crops of gorgeous letters presented in a box with the feel of an old specimen book. Historic typefaces, selected by renowned designer Tobias Frere-Jones, are organized into four geographic categories by thumb tabs: Germany, France, United States, and the United Kingdom. About the Author Tobias Frere-Jones is one of the most successful living type designers in America. He has designed iconic fonts for GQ, Martha Stewart, the Wall Street Journal, the Obama campaign, among others. Frere-Jones has 15K followers on Twitter.