Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces.

A Catalog of Type. Fantastic illustrated guide to contemporary hand drawn typography.

A comprehensive overview of the type design of one of modern graphics' leading figures.

Presents a visual history of fonts and graphic styles. This book offers a novel overview of typeface design, exploring some of the most beautiful and remarkable examples of font catalogs from the history of publishing, with an emphasis on the period from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, when color catalogs were at their height.

Features some of the best of contemporary printed literature. This book offers a survey of graphic design.

A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles.

This book is a critical appraisal of Eric Gill's inscriptional designs, paying particular attention to the early developments of his letter forms.

This volume reflects the developments in the rapidly-changing field of typography for computer interface design. Presented as a series of integrated case studies and interviews, the book covers: the skills needed for quality website design; the progress of child-orientated typefaces; and more.

Bridges the gap between those in the field of computers and those concerned with typography. This book sets out to raise awareness of the importance of letterforms and layout. It is suitable for those concerned with design and teaching, and whose work involves text.

Provides a comprehensive examination of the fundamentals of typography. Covers the disciplines of typography history, past, present and speculates on the future.

Language has graphic as well as linguistic aspects to it, this book argues that there are many opportunities for collaboration between typographers and applied linguistics. Typographic examples looked at include letter writing conventions and the house style of printers and publishers.

Suitable for printers, typographers, graphic designers, publishers, desktop publishers and website designers, or those interested in the right typographic finish, this collection features over 2,000 type faces arranged alphabetically and into three sections - Romans, Lineales and Scripts. Each entry also includes a specimen setting.

This one-of-a-kind how-to book focuses on innovative type solutions-from digitally tailoring available fonts to creating handcrafted logos and alphabets-all relating to the entertainment world. It shows how to create logos and thumbnails, how to capture celebrity personalities in type, and much more. Examples include movie poster titles, magazine-page letter forms, and promotional and marketing ..

The ultimate compendium of graphic and typographic idea generators for designers, illustrators, art directors, students and creative professionals.

Looks at type, one of the most fascinating design topics, offering an in-depth examination of the creative and practical issues involved in many of the important areas, such as font anatomy, headlines and body texts.

Few have left a deeper impression on the world of typography than Jan Tschichold (1902-74), one of the outstanding and influential designers of the 20th century. This work discusses Tschichold's influences and the highlights of his career, including his seminal poster designs, work with Penguin Books, and creation of the classic typeface Sabon.