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Dekorative bogstaver: Et århundrede med franske skiltemaleres alfabeter

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I Frankrig, før standardiserede typer kom for at afgøre spørgsmålet, var skiltemaleren byens typograf — den person, der var ansvarlig for, hvordan butiksfacader, restauranter og musikhaller så ud. Disse håndværkere arbejdede ud fra store kromolitografiske porteføljer: modelalfabeter trykt for at demonstrere stilarter, undervise i teknik og forsyne en hel branche med sit visuelle ordforråd. Lettres Décoratives genopliver den tradition i fuldt omfang — mere end 150 plader med fransk dekorativ bogstavering fra porteføljer trykt mellem midten af 1800-tallet og 1930'erne, de fleste gengivet her for første gang, der spænder over hele buen fra højviktoriansk ornamentik gennem Art Nouveau's bugtede former til den rene geometri i tidlig modernisme.

Udgivet af Letterform Archive, 2026. Indbundet. En 4 lb bog, der fortjener sin vægt.

216 sider · 220 billeder · 9,5" × 13"

 

Customer Reviews (4.8 / 5 · 5 reviews)

William H. ★★★★★

The section on music hall lettering alone was worth it — those thick, curved strokes feel like they were lifted straight off a 1920s façade. I keep flipping back to compare how different painters solved the same letter, and the print quality holds up to close looking.

Jacob ★★★★★

I bought this for the sign painter's eye more than the history, and the plates of music hall lettering alone were worth it. You can see how each hand solved the same storefront differently before type standardized everything.

Evelyn U. ★★★★★

The storefront alphabets from the 1920s are my favorite part — you can see exactly how a butcher's sign and a café sign spoke different visual languages, even in the same town. The plates are sharp enough to trace from, which I didn't expect from a book this size.

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