{"product_id":"9781909631007","title":"A Typographic Abecedarium","description":"\u003cp\u003eLetterforms are an inseparable part of a civilized literary landscape. At some distant point in history, letters started as representations of things in the world. Then, gradually, through a complex evolutionary process, they came to be defined as the closed shapes of a writing system. This photo-typographic essay is a meditation on this remarkable transition.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Exploring the relationship between typography and the visual world around us, the essay looks at the twenty-six letters of the English version of the Roman alphabet in four manners: as the world presenting itself in the shape of a letter, as an intended letter in space, as a flat letter on paper, and finally as a pure geometric form embodied in a typeface. Familiar letterforms are presented in fresh, surprising ways, forming an homage to the beauty of type and a reflection on its ubiquity in our visual understanding of the world around us. Alongside the fascinating images, Ornan Rotem’s text offers an overview and a detailed discussion of each letter. In this unusual book, text and image coalesce to create a modern day primer on letters: a typographic abecedarium.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sylph Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039370789104,"sku":"9781909631007","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909631007_p0.jpg?v=1763626553","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909631007","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}