[8 hand-drawn initials by Vratislav Hugo Brunner + a silver print of a Brunner exhibition] typespecimen presented with intelligence and care

presented with intelligence and care

this book is a source of endless amusement and inspiration

It remains a high point of Swiss production

Roger Excoffon (1910–1983) was a major figure in French typography

went to the same school

[8 hand-drawn initials by Vratislav Hugo Brunner + a silver print of a Brunner exhibition] typespecimen presented with intelligence and careBefore Jessica Hische invented drop caps, there was Vratislav Hugo Brunner (18861928), a Czech typographer, illustrator, graphic designer, painter, and stage designer whose work significantly shaped the development of Czech book graphics. In 1908 he co founded the applied arts collective Artel, and in 1919 began teaching at the School of Applied Arts in Prague. He designed hundreds of booksand apparently eight unpublished typefaces. He also designed