Monotype_The Big Issue
Type Specimen Influences
Below are a series of images of type specimen books that illustrate how typefaces are showcased and promoted. I've noticed that all of them have the entire typeface on a single sheet so you can get a full understanding of what it all consists off. They're generally simple in style so that they full show off the font, too much information will just take away the attention and mean it's not doing its job properly. Using the typeface in context also is common throughout as it shows how it would work together not just on one large sheet in alphabetical order., they use pangrams to do this. Along with the specimen a poster can be used to showcase the typeface.
