Indice

3 Dal nieuwe bleeding alla new wave

di Sergio Polano
tratto da Casabella 655, 1998

19 Come fare tipografia svizzera?

di Wolfgang Weingart
tratto da Casabella 655, 1998

33 Esperimenti tipografici
di Wolfgang Weingart
tratto da Typography. My way to typography

65 Sguardi foto-grafici nella città

Appendice

89 Bibliografia

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Dal nieuwe bleeding alla new wave
di Sergio Polano

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1922

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1923-1926

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1924-1927

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1927-1929

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1933

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1939-1946

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1955-1958

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1967

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1987

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Come fare tipografia svizzera?
di Wolfgang Weingart
Tratto da Casabella 655, 1998

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Sulla tipografia svizzera

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Metodo d’insegnamento

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Basilea

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Sulla neutralità

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Sulla sintassi

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Sul segno

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Esperimenti tipografici
di Wolfgang Weingart
Tratto da My way to typography, 1998

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Round Compositions

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2

1. 2. Round compositions.
Top and bottom.

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4

3. Type composed in a circular 4. Type composed in a circular

cardboard ring. (Reconstruction) cardboard ring. (Reconstruction)
Printed impression of a piece Printed impression of a piece
of metal type. Top side. of metal type. Bottom side.

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5

5. Round composition. Bottom side. 1963 6. Round composition. Bottom side. 1962

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7. 8. Detail of walls from the ruins of 9. Round composition. Bottom side.

Palmyra. 1966 (Reconstruction). 1990

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Line Compositions

1. Line pictures. Composed with handset

rules of different lengths and widths.
1964

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2. Detail of a Landscape with lines.

Letterpress proofs of composed rules,
bent or curved lines, and type elements.
1971

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3. Wall of a demolished house made from
mud and wood in the southern section
of ancient Damascus. 1966
4. Column from the time of the Roman
Empire in Baalbek. 1966
5. Line pictures. Composed with handset
rules of different lengths and widths.
1964

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6. Six columns from the Temple
of Jupiter Heliopolitanus in the ruins
of Baalbek. 1966
7. Main street with Corinthian colonnade
in the ruins of Palmyra.
8. Line pictures. Composed with handset
rules of different lengths and widths.
1964

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9. Handset type. Boardside designed 10. Detail of Landscape with lines. 1971
for an exhibition in Stuttgart describing 11. Exterior souther wall from the Temple
thoughts on typography and personal of Bacchius in the ruins of Baalbek. 1966
wishes. 1969

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The M Project

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1. M composition. 1967 2. M distortion with the darkroom

enlarger: streched, extended, slanted,
blurred, sharp, condensed. 1965/1966

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3. M distortion with the darkroom

enlarger: streched, extended, slanted,
blurred, sharp, condensed. 1965/1966

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4. M composition. 1965

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Typographic Elements

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1. 2. Handset composition. Letters

and circles set in Ruder’s poster typeface,
semi-bold Bethold Akzidenz-Grotesk
and Univers. 1971

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3. Handset type. Boardside designed

for an exhibition in Stuttgart describing
thoughts on typography and personal
wishes. 1969

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4. Handset type. Boardside designed 5. Roman theatre in Bosra near the

for an exhibition in Stuttgart describing border of Jordan. 1966
thoughts on typography and personal
wishes. 1969

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Repetition

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1. Handset composition. 2. Roman cobblestone street in Baalbek.

Reapeated word. 1968 1966

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3. Sketchbook study. 5. Detail of a wall from a part of the

Repeated letter. 1971 Propylaia on the Acropolis in Athens.
4. Handset composition. 1966
Repeated vertical rule. 1971

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Film Layers

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1. Film Layering. Worldformat poster for 2. Film Layering. Worldformat poster for
the city organization in support for the the city organization in support for the
arts: ‘Kunstkredit Basel 1977/78 arts: ‘Kunstkredit Basel 1978/79’
3. Film collage. 1973

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4. 5. 6. Film collages. excerpts from foreign languages, train

Assembled with black cutout shapes and tickets and time schedules. 1973 to 1975
travel mementos. Including photographs
of landscapes, family snapshots,

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7. Film Layering. Worldformat poster for 8. Film and paper collage. Assembled
the city organization in support for the with photographs of New York. 1975
arts: ‘Kunstkredit Basel 1976/77’

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9. Rolling desert surroundings the ruins

of Palmyra. 1966

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Bibliografia

L’articolo di Sergio Polano Dal nieuwe bleeding alla new wave,

e gli estratti da Come fare tipografia svizzera? (trascrizione di
Polano di una conferenza di Wolfgang Weingart), sono tratti da:
Casabella, mensile, n. 655, 1998

I testi e le immagini della sezione Esperimenti tipografici, sono

fotocopiati e fotografati da:
Weingart, Wolfgang, Typography. My way to typography Retrospective
in ten section, Basel, 1998.

Le fotografie di Sguardi foto-grafici nella città sono state scattate

in digitale dall’autrice del libro tra Venezia, Roma e Latina nel
novembre e dicembre 2009.

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