It's the return of FTF, at last, and it's a beauty...
Matt from HouseOfBurvo has a copy of Letter-forms & Lettering, the swine! If only I could get my mits on it. Biggs remains something of an enigma with both my own and Matt's requests for more on the man unearthing naff-all.
So I'll ask again: if anyone knows anything, and I mean anything, on the very great John R Biggs please pass it on. In the meantime, enjoy excerpts from one of his many (I count around ten) books on print, typography and lettering.
Big thanks go to Matt for sending me the images. You might want to go and have a little look at his book, Be Invisible. Be Seen. Typography of HouseOfBurvo.
If anyone else would care to contribute, please do. I have a few things waiting to be posted so if you've sent me stuff, please be as patient as ever; there's a lot going on over here right now.
I'm breathless, this is so beautiful. I found it on Amazon.fr, now I know what I'm gonna ask my mother for christmas, congratulations and warm thanks to Matt.
The Be Invisible book is very nice too, and he found the way not to show his fingers on the pictures of the spreads. A new trend for David to post about? Or a lone activist?
Posted by: Loïc | 07 December 2007 at 01:23 PM
For what it's worth, Loïc, my predicted trend for 2008 is the artfully placed post-it note, as demonstrated bottom right. You read it here first.
Posted by: davidthedesigner | 07 December 2007 at 06:50 PM
What a great book… it looks fantastic. I'm off to find a copy right now.
Posted by: Alex | 11 December 2007 at 12:28 PM
Look at amazon.de
http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/071370795X/ref=dp_olp_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1197551430&sr=8-5
Cheers,
Bernd
Posted by: Bernd | 13 December 2007 at 01:12 PM
Really lovely website! I'll be back n' back. (sorry, this is a boring comment)
Posted by: Michael Crowe | 17 January 2008 at 03:55 PM
There's no such thing as a boring comment.
Welcome aboard Michael.
Posted by: Richard | 17 January 2008 at 04:22 PM