Vintage typography & signage : for designers, by designers / Frank H. Atkinson, Charles J. Strong, and L.S. Strong.

Mineola, New York : Dover Publications, Inc., 2018.

121 pages : all illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

"This Dover edition, first published in 2011 as Vintage commercial art and design ... contains a selection of images from Sign painting by Frank H. Atkinson (1915) and Strong's book of designs (1917), both originally published by Frederick J. Drake & Company, Chicago. The CD-ROM from the original Dover edition has been removed ..."--Title page verso.

"The collections consists of commercial signs, images, and fonts from two rare, early twentieth-century sources that were used as a reference for sign painters and lithographers. More than 1,400 eye-catching signs and design elements include 25 different fonts and more than 100 full-color images ... all ideal for recreating styles from the 1890s to the 1920s"--Page [4] of cover.

Atkinson, Frank H., 1871- Vintage commercial art & design. Mineola, N.Y. : Dover ; Newton Abbot : David & Charles [distributor], ©2011

English

July 11, 2019