Hartley & Marks Publishers
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Hartley & Marks Publishers is a Vancouver
, British Columbia
-based publishing
company that began as a publisher of books on a diverse range of esoteric subjects. Many of the company's early books concerned health and medicine and an interest in Eastern culture. One of its more notable books is The Element of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst
, which has been highly praised by many luminaries in the typographic field, such as Hermann Zapf
, who said “I wish to see this book become the Typographers’ Bible,” and Jonathan Hoefler
and Tobias Frere-Jones
, who consider it "the finest book ever written about typography."
Hartley & Marks Publishers now specializes in a line of "blank books", Paperblanks, whose cover designs are integrated from artwork collected from major libraries and museums around the world. The influence for these designs range from “traditional Asian art and renaissance aesthetics to the art deco stylings of Louis Tiffany.”
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
-based publishing
Publishing
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company that began as a publisher of books on a diverse range of esoteric subjects. Many of the company's early books concerned health and medicine and an interest in Eastern culture. One of its more notable books is The Element of Typographic Style
The Elements of Typographic Style
The Elements of Typographic Style is a book by Canadian typographer, poet and translator Robert Bringhurst. Originally published in 1992 by Hartley & Marks Publishers, it was revised in 1996, 2001 , 2002 , 2004 , 2005 , and 2008...
by Robert Bringhurst
Robert Bringhurst
Robert Bringhurst is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He is the author of The Elements of Typographic Style – a reference book of typefaces, glyphs and the visual and geometric arrangement of type...
, which has been highly praised by many luminaries in the typographic field, such as Hermann Zapf
Hermann Zapf
Hermann Zapf is a German typeface designer who lives in Darmstadt, Germany. He is married to calligrapher and typeface designer Gudrun Zapf von Hesse....
, who said “I wish to see this book become the Typographers’ Bible,” and Jonathan Hoefler
Jonathan Hoefler
Jonathan Hoefler is an American typeface designer. Hoefler founded Hoefler & Frere-Jones , a type foundry in New York that Hoefler shares with fellow type designer Tobias Frere-Jones.Hoefler has designed original typefaces for Rolling Stone Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, The New York Times Magazine,...
and Tobias Frere-Jones
Tobias Frere-Jones
Tobias Frere-Jones is a prolific type designer who works in New York City with fellow type designer Jonathan Hoefler at Hoefler & Frere-Jones, a type foundry in lower Manhattan...
, who consider it "the finest book ever written about typography."
Hartley & Marks Publishers now specializes in a line of "blank books", Paperblanks, whose cover designs are integrated from artwork collected from major libraries and museums around the world. The influence for these designs range from “traditional Asian art and renaissance aesthetics to the art deco stylings of Louis Tiffany.”