Neurons, words and pixelsThis is the latest work (May 1999) of the author, well known to readers for his works on legibility, speed reading, linguistics, etc. In a few decades, techniques for conserving and transmitting languages have radically changed: typesetting (...)
Nombre de pages : 240 pages Format : 22 x 22 cm cm ISBN : 978-2-911220-04-3 18.30 €
Little treatise on communicationJean CloutierThis work is the first in a new collection co-published with the Editions Carte Blanche, in Montreal (Quebec). This educational collection is centred around the Internet and multimedia. It complements our educational works dealing with (...)
Nombre de pages : 204 pages Format : 15 x 21 cm cm ISBN : 978-2-911220-07-4 23.00 €
Chronicle of the formHerman LampaertThis chronology mentions the most impressive visual creation works of the Western Europe for the last 2000 years.
The notion of visual expression embraces here all creations from the falsely futile to the absolutely useful, from the spoon to (...)
Nombre de pages : 400 Format : 13,5 x 24 cm ISBN : 978-2-911220-12-8 25.00 €
Jean Alessandrini
Nombre de pages : 120 ISBN : 978-2-911220-60-9 32.90 €
Coffret + jaquette pour la collection Histoire de l'écriture typographique
ISBN : 978-2-36765-010-4 50.00 €
Arabic writingThis book, abundantly illustrated with examples, very clearly presents the evolution of Arab writing styles, and particularly shines light on the importance of materials used; both media and instruments, as well as the difficulties that needed (...)
Nombre de pages : 112 Format : 17 x 24 cm ISBN : 978-2-911220-23-4 25.00 €
The History of Typographical PrintingThis book is the chronological continuation of the previous work
by Yves Perrousseaux,
devoted to the period that runs from the Gutenberg press to the
17th Century. The whole set is designed to give an overall and
relatively complete view of (...)
Nombre de pages : 240 Format : 21 x 29 cm cm ISBN : 978-2-911220-24-1 45.00 €
The language of imagesPierre DuplanFormer student of the École normale supérieure de
l’Enseignement technique, Pierre Duplan is an Honorary
Professor at the École supérieure Estienne des arts et
industries graphiques, better known as the École
Estienne. Encouraged by former and (...)
Nombre de pages : 160 ISBN : 978-2-911220-37-1 25.00 €
Entre l'élite et la plèbeJean-Noël Lafargue
Nombre de pages : 176 ISBN : 978-2-911220-42-5 25.00 €
Books and readers in Provence in the 18thGilles EboliDiscrete citizens of the "Republic of letters," seventeenth century provincial printer-booksellers played a major role locally in written communication and the circulation of ideas. Their archives, so rare during the Ancien Régime period, are (...)
Nombre de pages : 320 Format : 16 x 23 cm cm ISBN : 978-2-911220-25-8 32.00 €
BoltanaFrank Adebiaye Suzanne Cardinal
François Boltana (1950-1999) aura peut-être vécu la typographie à son
instant le plus décisif, au moment où les promesses multi-séculaires
qu'elle portait en elle purent vraiment se concrétiser. La France des
années 50 dans laquelle il naît (...)
Nombre de pages : 120 ISBN : 978-2-911220-45-6 32.90 €
Papyrus
One of the most remarkable inventions of ancient Egypt was making a
"paper" from the papyrus plant.
Early as 3000
BC,
sheets and rolls of papyrus provided a writing surface ideal
for copying text by using reeds dipped in
pigments based on (...)
Nombre de pages : 132 Format : 16 x 23 cm cm ISBN : 978-2-911220-31-9 20.00 €
WebcomicsJohn BarberWebcomics offers a new means of expression for cartoons. Digitally created and distributed via the Internet, the comic strips are both a new publication medium and a new form of artistic expression. The styles vary and can be anything from the (...)
Nombre de pages : 192 Format : 23,5 x 25,5 cm ISBN : 978-2-911220-17-3 29.00 €
