Max Caflisch (1915-2004) was one of Switzerlands most eminent typographers and calligraphers having trained under Jan Tschichold and Imre Reiner. His restrained classical approach to typography and design won him numerous international awards and his knowledge of the history of letter writing and type-design have made him a recognized world authority.
In "Schriftanalysen" he has gathered this knowledge together in a comprehensive study of the history of typographic script ranging from Nicolaus Jenson's 'Renaissance-Antiqua' of 1470 to Bram de Does's 'Lexicon' and the contributions of Chris Brand and Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse. Each chapter is set in the prominent typeface which is being discussed in that section adding a very visable character to this very clear and highly informative study.