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Indie Fonts 2: A Compendium of Digital Type from Independent Foundries

Indie Fonts 2: A Compendium of Digital Type from Independent Foundries

For centuries, designers have chosen type styles to convey unique expressions and to make their work stand out from the crowd. Today’s computers provide a selection of fonts that serve reasonably well for workaday letters and publications, but have become utterly boring from overuse. If you want your project to attract the reader’s attention you need an original font. Independent type designers have devoted... (more)

FontBook: Digital Typeface Compendium

From Gutenberg to OpenType: An Illustrated History of Type from the Earliest Letterforms to the Latest Digital Fonts

From Gutenberg to OpenType: An Illustrated History of Type from the Earliest Letterforms to the Latest Digital Fonts

by Robin Dodd

This lively account of the printed word draws together the histories of typography and printing into one robustly illustrated volume, and describes how dramatic changes in technology have affected type design. Historical paintings, engravings, and photographs give a visual context to the different eras of type design and print, and key typefaces from each historical era are discussed and compared to others of the... (more)

Helvetica: Homage to a Typeface

by Lars Mu?ller

Helvetica is not only the preferred typeface of leading professionals, it is also an all-time favourite among the multitude of codes, signals and signs that flavour urban life. This book sings the praises of the honest worker and solo entertainer of typefaces, Helvetica, and of its forgotten creator and all those who have contributed to its unparalleled international march of triumph over the past forty years.... (more)

Indie Fonts 3: A Compendium of Digital Type from Independent Foundries

Indie Fonts 3: A Compendium of Digital Type from Independent Foundries

The must-have resource for finding the highest quality fonts available today If you're searching for a font that goes beyond ho-hum, this book is for you. Today's computers provide a selection of fonts that serve reasonably well for workaday letters and publications, but have become utterly boring from overuse. To attract a reader's attention, you need an original font. This third volume of Indie Fonts provides a... (more)

While You're Reading

by Gerard Unger

This book is about everything that happens while you’re reading, in front of your eyes and inside your head; and about what type designers, typographers and graphic designers bring to a page to make reading happen.Two examples of tantalizing questions will be answered: How is it possible to read without seeing any letters? How much hidden typographic knowledge does the average reader possess? Other subjects... (more)

About Face: Reviving The Rules Of Typography

About Face: Reviving The Rules Of Typography

by David Jury

The computer has made some typographic rules obsolete while others, previously known only to typesetters, have also been forgotten. Despite this, typography remains a fundamental element of graphic design. About Face presents and explains the typography basics required by all graphic designers, from the names of the different parts of characters, typeface styles and their function, to type measurement, typeface... (more)

Meggs' History of Graphic Design

by Alston W. Purvis, Philip B. Meggs

Now in its Fourth Edition, this unrivaled, seminal work continues its long tradition of providing balanced insight and thorough historical background. Under the new authorial leadership of Alston Purvis, this authoritative book offers more than 450 new images, along with expansive coverage of such topics as Italian, Russian, and Dutch design. It reveals a saga of creative innovators, breakthrough technologies, and... (more)

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