Typography: an encyclopedic survey of type design and techniques throughout history

The chronology: Multistylistic typography; Encyclopedic typography; New Wave; New functionalism; Punk typography; Pop and psychedelia; Experimental typography; Fluxus; Functional typography; Pictorial typography; International typographic style; traditional typography; 'elementare typographie'; Individual written form; Art Deco; Expressionism; Constructivism; Dada; Futurism; Informative functionalism; Art Nouveau; The Arts and Crafts movement; Historicism; Classicism; Baroque; Renaissance; The Gothic period; The Middle Ages and Romanesque; Rome and the early Middle Ages; Phoenicia and Greece; Islam; China and the Indus valley; Egypt; Mesopotamis/Sumer

The persons and the institutions-who

Additional information to the captions in the "who" section

The tools: The hand-ax; Brush; Calamus or reed pen; Fishbone; Chisel; Stylus; Pen; Movable type; Compasses; Typewriter; Light analog filmsetting; Computers: digital filmsetting

Typefaces: fonts illustrated and mentioned

Selected bibliography.