Jan Tschichold

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Jan Tschichold (2 April 1902, Leipzig – 11 August 1974, Locarno) was a typographer, book designer, teacher and writer.

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  • Die neue Typographie: Ein Handbuch für zeitgemäss Schaffende, Berlin: Verlag des Bildungsverbandes der Deutschen Buchdrucker, 1928; Berlin: Brinkmann & Bose, 1987. (German)
    • Druk nowoczesny, 1938. [1] (Polish)
    • The New Typography: A Handbook for Modern Designers, trans. Ruari McLean, University of California Press, 1995. (English)
    • La nueva tipografía: manual para diseñadores modernos, trans. María Teresa Albero and Estela Marqués, intro. Josep M. Pujol, Valencia: Campgràfic, 2003, lxxxviii+289 pp. (Spanish)
    • Novaya tipografika [Новая Типографика], trans. Олег Леонидович Якубсон, Moscow: Студия Артемия Лебедева, 2011. (Russian)
    • Nowa typografia: podręcznik dla tworzących w duchu współczesności, trans. Eliza Borg, Łódź: Recto Verso, 2011, 238 pp. (Polish)
  • Typografische Gestaltung, Basel: Benno Schwabe, 1935. [2] (German)
    • Typografisk gestaltning, Stockholm: Skolan för Bokhantverk, 1937, 96 pp. (Swedish)
    • Typografische vormgeving, trans. C. Nypels, Amsterdam: Duwaer, 1938, 101 pp; Amsterdam: De Buitenkant, 1989. [3] (Dutch)
  • Schriftkunde, Schreibübungen und Skizzieren für Setzer, Basel: Schwabe, 1942, 77 pp; 2nd ed., rev. & exp., as Schriftkunde, Schreibübungen und Skizzieren, Berlin: Tempelhof, 1951, 108 pp. (German)
    • Letterkennis, Amsterdam: De Arbeiderspers, 1948. (Dutch)
  • Meisterbuch der Schrift, Ravensburg: Otto Maier, 1965. (German)
    • Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering. A Handbook of Type and Lettering, New York: Norton Books, 1992. (English)
    • Obraztsy shriftov [Образцы шрифтов], trans. Олег Леонидович Якубсон, Moscow: Студия Артемия Лебедева, 2012. (Russian)
  • Livre et typographie: essais choisis, trans. Nicole Casanova, afterw. Muriel Paris, Paris: Allia, 1994, 244 pp. (French)
  • Regole editoriali, tipografiche & redazionali, trans. Fabrizio Serra, pref. Martino Mardersteig, postf. Alessandro Olschki, Pisa: Istituti editoriali e poligrafici internazionali, 2004, 215 pp. (Italian)

Magazines[edit]

  • editor, Typographische Mitteilungen, Special Issue: "Sonderheft Elementare Typographie", Oct 1925; repr., new pref. Olaf Leu and Friedrich Friedl, Mainz: H. Schmidt, 1986, 36 pp. [4] [5] [6] (German)

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