Table of Contents

Introduction • 1. American • 2. Italian • 3. French • 4. German • 5. British • 6. And More

Promotional Information

An impressive spectrum of vintage shadow typefaces from advertising, shop signs and billboards, to posters, type-specimen books and film credits

About the Author

Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the author of many books, including Stencil Type, Graphic, Typography Sketchbooks, New Ornamental Type and New Vintage Type, all published by Thames & Hudson.
Louise Fili is director of Fili Design, a New York–based design studio specializing in vintage typographic treatments.

Reviews

'With examples numbering in the 300s, spanning from the 19th to the mid-20th century, this is a sourcebook for those inspired by vintage graphics' - Crafts