Author: Simon Garfield Publisher: Profile Books ISBN: 1847652921 Category : Reference Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco. About the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the rulebook, or Margaret Calvert, who invented the motorway signs that are used from Watford Gap to Abu Dhabi. About the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset and were loaded onto computers ... and typefaces became something we realised we all have an opinion about. As the Sunday Times review put it, the book is 'a kind of Eats, Shoots and Leaves for letters, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live.' This edition is available with both black and silver covers.
Author: Andrea Pennoyer Publisher: ISBN: 9781783616053 Category : Graphic arts Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Getting to grips with the fonts and typefaces is an essential path to successful design, whether your work is online, in print or just for fun. This fantastic new book runs through the classes of type, with examples of individual fonts, extensive case studies, and shows you how to create the best designs, every time. Traditional and digital use.
Author: John McWade Publisher: Peachpit Press ISBN: 0132705125 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 472
Book Description
Before and After magazine's focus on clarity, simplicity, and elegance has won it legions of fans--fans who will welcome this second volume of the definitive Before and After Page Design by John McWade. Truly an icon of the graphic design community, his insistence on approaching design not as mere decoration but as an essential form of communication is vividly apparent in this cohesive primer on page design and layout. And you could not hope for a better, more qualified teacher. McWade shows readers how to arrange and present information using today's powerful graphics tools. Readers will learn how to design single-page and multi-page documents, brochures, and ads; why one typeface works better than another; and much more. Best of all, they'll discover how to think visually transforming the images in their heads into something that communicates effectively on the page.
Author: Tamye Riggs Publisher: Springer ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
"Typeface: Classic Typography for Contemporary Design is a unique sourcebook featuring forty-six classic typefaces that continue to resonate with today's most influential graphic designers."--Inside cover.
Author: Stephen Coles Publisher: ISBN: 9780500292457 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
The Geometry of Type explores 100 traditional and modern typefaces in detail, with a full spread devoted to each entry. Characters from each typeface are enlarged and annotated to reveal key features, anatomical details, and the finer, often-overlooked elements of type design, which shows how these attributes affect mood and readability. Sidebar information lists the designer and foundry, the year of release and the different weights and styles available, while feature boxes explain the origins and best uses for each typeface, such as whether it is suitable for running text or as a display font for headlines. To help the reader spot each typeface in the wider world, the full character set is shown, and the best letters for identification are highlighted. This beautiful and highly practical work of reference for font spotters, designers and users is a close-up celebration of typefaces and great type design.
Author: Peter Dawson Publisher: Prestel Publishing ISBN: 9783791348391 Category : City and town life Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
A field guide to typefaces. Includes interviews with designers such as Wayne Thompson, Freda Sack, Henrik Kubel, Jason Smith, and Frida Larios.
Author: Fiona Raven Publisher: ISBN: 9780994096920 Category : Design Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Book Design Made Simple gives DIY authors, small presses, and graphic designers--novices and experts alike--the power to design their own books. It's the first comprehensive book of its kind, explaining every step from installing Adobe(R) InDesign(R) right through to sending the files to press. For those who want to design their own books but have little idea how to proceed, Book Design Made Simple is a semester of book design instruction plus a publishing class rolled into one. Let two experts guide you through the process with easy step-by-step instructions, resulting in a professional-looking top-quality book
Author: Colin Wheildon Publisher: ISBN: 9781875750221 Category : Communication in marketing Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
For anyone who has a say in what appears in print and need to know whether, as well as looking good, it will do its job by being read. It gives practical answers on choosing the right typeface, on colour, tints, and many basic aspects of layout.
Author: Simon Garfield
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