True to type
By: Ruari McLean.
Publisher: Oak Knoll Press; Werner Shaw
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New Castle, DE; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: McLean, Ruari; Typographers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Book designers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Graphic design (Typography) -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Description: The Scottish-born McLean tells all about building his career as a designer, typographer, and author in London's postwar publishing scene. McLean played a central role in British graphic design from the 1940s to the 1980s, designing and editing Motif and penning the well-known Thames and Hudson Manua.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Checklist of works by the author": p. 209-210.