Booklets include specimens of a complete font or type-family and brief biographical sketches of designers. The databases described below are available to members of the Pratt community. Also contains a directory of design and crafts courses, organizations, archives, and periodicals. Indexes articles in periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Covers archaeology, architecture, art history, city planning, crafts, landscape architecture, film, fine arts, folk art, graphic arts, industrial design, and photography.
Many articles are in full text.
No images are included. Examples and a brief history of each font are given. Counterspace A good overview of typography. Includes the history of letterforms, a glossary, examples of fonts for print and digital media, and a description of the classification of fonts. A resource for books and other publications concerning type design.