Communication Graphics by Wendell C. Crow
Communication Graphics is a textbook compiled by Wendell C. Crow and published in 1986 by Prentice-Hall. Cover concept by the author, with color photography by Ron Cable. The book typography pairs Eras with ITC Century for text.
Spread from Chapter 3, Typographic Images. The Fundamental Graphics Tools. The figures on the left show Shannon, a typeface designed by Janice Fishman and Kris Holmes at Compugraphic, using the Ikarus program, and the letter a from Demos, a typeface designed by Gerard Unger for cathode ray tube (CRT) typesetting on the Hell Digiset composing machine.
Appendix B. Per-Pica Character Count for Fifty Popular Typefaces.
Really delightful interior graphic, featuring many of the mid-80s’ greatest typographic hits, like Balloon Drop Shadow, Crillee, Baby Teeth, Stack, Superstar Shadow, Sinaloa, Shatter, Harlow, or ITC Neon.
