Author: Timothy Samara
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1631594745
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Designer, author, educator Timothy Samara is a world authority on type and graphic design. His 2004 Rockport book, Typography Workbook has become an essential reference text for design classrooms and industry professionals. Now, in Letter Forms: The Design of Type, Past to Future he takes readers even deeper, expertly guiding them through the aesthetics as well as the technical considerations of his subject. He begins with an overview spanning the invention of movable type to today's digital typography, and ends with a showcase of contemporary fonts. Samara's true focus in this book is conveying the essentials of type design to practitioners, and thoughtfully and thoroughly explaining and illustrating the development of form and style. He walks you through letter form anatomy, stroke formation and rhythm, tool methodologies, structure and proportion, tool methodologies, and tons more. This all makes for one excellent, timely reference work that designers can return to in designing logos, wordmarks, signage, titling accents, and all of their graphic design work.
Letterforms
Author: Timothy Samara
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1631594745
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Designer, author, educator Timothy Samara is a world authority on type and graphic design. His 2004 Rockport book, Typography Workbook has become an essential reference text for design classrooms and industry professionals. Now, in Letter Forms: The Design of Type, Past to Future he takes readers even deeper, expertly guiding them through the aesthetics as well as the technical considerations of his subject. He begins with an overview spanning the invention of movable type to today's digital typography, and ends with a showcase of contemporary fonts. Samara's true focus in this book is conveying the essentials of type design to practitioners, and thoughtfully and thoroughly explaining and illustrating the development of form and style. He walks you through letter form anatomy, stroke formation and rhythm, tool methodologies, structure and proportion, tool methodologies, and tons more. This all makes for one excellent, timely reference work that designers can return to in designing logos, wordmarks, signage, titling accents, and all of their graphic design work.
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 1631594745
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Designer, author, educator Timothy Samara is a world authority on type and graphic design. His 2004 Rockport book, Typography Workbook has become an essential reference text for design classrooms and industry professionals. Now, in Letter Forms: The Design of Type, Past to Future he takes readers even deeper, expertly guiding them through the aesthetics as well as the technical considerations of his subject. He begins with an overview spanning the invention of movable type to today's digital typography, and ends with a showcase of contemporary fonts. Samara's true focus in this book is conveying the essentials of type design to practitioners, and thoughtfully and thoroughly explaining and illustrating the development of form and style. He walks you through letter form anatomy, stroke formation and rhythm, tool methodologies, structure and proportion, tool methodologies, and tons more. This all makes for one excellent, timely reference work that designers can return to in designing logos, wordmarks, signage, titling accents, and all of their graphic design work.
Drawing Type
Author: Alex Fowkes
Publisher: Adams Media
ISBN: 1592538983
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
An introduction to playful typography features projects and examples from seventy-two designers, focuses on four styles of typographic work, and includes sixteen specimen sheets with which to practice drawing typefaces.
Publisher: Adams Media
ISBN: 1592538983
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
An introduction to playful typography features projects and examples from seventy-two designers, focuses on four styles of typographic work, and includes sixteen specimen sheets with which to practice drawing typefaces.
Letterwork
Author: Brody Neuenschwander
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
A guide to the creation and adaptation of letterforms, this book draws on examples from packaging, posters, television sequences and book design from around the world. It demonstrates the principles of letterforms, the use of basic tools and the many different techniques and media available.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
A guide to the creation and adaptation of letterforms, this book draws on examples from packaging, posters, television sequences and book design from around the world. It demonstrates the principles of letterforms, the use of basic tools and the many different techniques and media available.
Creative Type
Author: Cees W. de Jong
Publisher: Inmerc
ISBN: 9789066112506
Category : Graphic design (Typography)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Publisher: Inmerc
ISBN: 9789066112506
Category : Graphic design (Typography)
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Logotypes and Letterforms
Author: Doyald Young
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967331614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780967331614
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces
Author: Bruce Willen
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568987651
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
A guide to type design and lettering that includes relevant theory, history, explanatory diagrams, exercises, photographs, and illustrations, and features interviews with various designers, artists, and illustrators.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781568987651
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
A guide to type design and lettering that includes relevant theory, history, explanatory diagrams, exercises, photographs, and illustrations, and features interviews with various designers, artists, and illustrators.
The Briem report: letterforms 2022
Author: Gunnlaugur SE Briem
Publisher: Operina Ltd
ISBN: 1934227544
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Alphabetical diversions that amuse, inform, and impress Survival notes for graffiti artists. Handwriting research. Artistic letterforms. Therapy for post-traumatic stress, stroke, and dementia. Bitmap editing for CRT computer typesetting. The exuberance of Vietnamese calligraphy. Needlework. Entries by 83 theorists and practitioners in 24 countries.
Publisher: Operina Ltd
ISBN: 1934227544
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Alphabetical diversions that amuse, inform, and impress Survival notes for graffiti artists. Handwriting research. Artistic letterforms. Therapy for post-traumatic stress, stroke, and dementia. Bitmap editing for CRT computer typesetting. The exuberance of Vietnamese calligraphy. Needlework. Entries by 83 theorists and practitioners in 24 countries.
Type Matters
Author: Christopher Scott Wyatt
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
ISBN: 1602359784
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Pending
Publisher: Parlor Press LLC
ISBN: 1602359784
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Pending
The Briem Report: Letterforms 2012
Author: Edited by Gunnlaugur SE Briem
Publisher: Operina
ISBN: 1934227129
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Inspiring ideas, firm convictions, lovely dreams The book ranges from from pyrography to stonecarving. It deals with low-resolution hinting and handwriting therapy for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It contains over a hundred entries of work samples and notes by leading letterforms practitioners.
Publisher: Operina
ISBN: 1934227129
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Inspiring ideas, firm convictions, lovely dreams The book ranges from from pyrography to stonecarving. It deals with low-resolution hinting and handwriting therapy for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. It contains over a hundred entries of work samples and notes by leading letterforms practitioners.
Letter Forms
Author: Stanley Morison
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"To understand the language and development of type is to know its history. Letter Forms is a collection of essays by and about Stanley Morison, adviser to Monotype, and the greatest type historian of our time. An essay by Beatrice Warde is an illuminating introduction to the man referred to as a "typographic firmament." In his own words Morison then relates the history of classifying typographical variations and delves into the literature on the subject of letterforms. Finally, the author uncovers the significance of the discovery of a 16th century manuscript by Horfei in the Vatican Library."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"To understand the language and development of type is to know its history. Letter Forms is a collection of essays by and about Stanley Morison, adviser to Monotype, and the greatest type historian of our time. An essay by Beatrice Warde is an illuminating introduction to the man referred to as a "typographic firmament." In his own words Morison then relates the history of classifying typographical variations and delves into the literature on the subject of letterforms. Finally, the author uncovers the significance of the discovery of a 16th century manuscript by Horfei in the Vatican Library."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved