BURKE, CHRISTOPHER
German typographer Paul Renner is best known as the designer of the typeface Futura, which stands as a landmark of modern graphic design. This title is the first study in any language of Renner's typographic career; it details his life and work to reveal the breadth of his accomplishment and influence.
Renner was a central figure in the German artistic movements of the 1920´s amd 1930s, becvoming an early and prominent meber of the Deutscher Werkbund while creating his first book designs for various Munich-based publishers. As the author of numerous texts such as Typògrafie als Kunst (Typography as Art) and Die Kunst der Typographie (The art of Typography) he created a new set of guilines for balanced book design.
