Producing this book required rigorous attention to detail on the part of contributors and

editorial staff alike to overcome a host of potential pitfalls. My sincere appreciation to the team

at Rockport Publishers, and in particular Kristin, Regina, Rochelle, and Cora. Their diligence

generously supplying half the specimens included in this book. A tremendous amount of my

time and effort was greatly reduced through the work of Otmar Hoefer and his colleagues

in Linotype’s marketing department, who created and organized this important contribution

from one of the most highly respected—and historically important—type foundries. Linotype’s

stewardship of typeface design and distribution is exemplified by the quality of the faces they

catalogue and continue to produce.