Abc of 20th-century graphics / texts by Sergio Polano ; illustrations compiled by Pierpaolo Vetta

Texto en inglés.

Typology. The characters of the visible world -- Paper architecture. The graphics of stamps -- Talking figures. The art of illustration -- The return of pictograms. Semiosis dresses up -- Posters. Notes towards an imaginary entry in a history of visual thought or, more precisely, of the printed artifacts known as posters -- Digital soup. Culture of the CD-ROM? -- Peter Behrens. Zeitgeist and letters -- El Lissitzky. The electro-library of the constructor -- Alexander Rodchenko. Advertising-constructor -- Eric Gill. Stone carver -- Jan Tschichold. Faith and reality -- Kurt Schwitters. Merz ist form: the art of typography -- Bauhaus. Type, typography, typopfoto -- Paul Renner & Paul Rand. Two 20th-century masters -- Wolfgang Weingart. From nieuwe beelding to new wave -- Max Huber. Notes on concrete abstraction -- Adrian Frutiger. Petite histoire de l'univers -- Aldo Novarese. The italian way of type design -- Giovanni Pintori. Effect of synthesis -- Franco Grignani. Gestaltung -- Wim Crouwel. Lowercase in the lowlands -- Matthew Carter. A man of characters -- Erik Spiekermann. The identity of Berlin -- Tibor Kalman. And the heat goes on... -- Ed Fella. The vernacular in American graphics.

Contents: al comienzo de la obra.

Preface: p. 8-17.

Publishing credits: p. 246-247.