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This book is a hands-on guide to the entire process of making logos and fonts and even icons, all of which, essentially, start with the ability to draw letterforms. The intent of the book, in fact, is to enable the user to end reliance on "OPF" (other people's fonts) and learn to draw your own... read more
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First Sentence edit
Once upon a time, all lettering was hand-lettering.
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Introduction
Part 1: The Logo
Defining the Logo Type
How to Design a Logo in 3 Quasi-Easy Steps
Resources
Part 2: Drawing Letters
Unbelievable Implements: Type and Lettering in the Prepixel Era
Pen, Brush, and Unfettered: Out of the Box Before There Was a Box
Letterers Who Draw, Drawers Who Letter
Immutable Laws of Lettering
Adobe Illustrator Basics
Random Drawing Tips
Bezier Curves for Cowards: Points in Extrema
9 Bezierrors: When Good Beziers Go Bad
Drawing Letters the Leslie Cabarga Way!
Yes! You Can Draw Icons, Spots, and Dingbats...Like the Pros
Incredible Type Trix
Is Good Taste in Letter Design Subjective?
Part 3: Fonts--The Art of Making Faces
Type: Beauty in the Abstract Forms
Font Inspiration
Process: David Berlow Designs a Family of E-mail Fonts
The ABÇ's on Font Design; It Takes More Than 26 Letters!
Like Genes, Every Letter Carries the Code to the Entire Alphabet
Creating Fonts in Fontographer
Comparison: Fontographer / FontLab / Illustrator
Bezier Comparison: Illustrator vs. Fontographor
Part 4: Business Section
Logos, Fonts and Lettering for a Living
Directory of Contributors, Foundries and Web Sites
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- Leslie Cabarga (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Clare Warmke (Editor)
- Leslie Cabarga (Designer)
- Lisa Buchanan - Design Consultant
- Sara Dumford - Production Coordinator
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: NC1002.L63 C33 2003
- Dewey: 745.6
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