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The typographic universe : letterforms found in nature, the built world and human imagination / by Steven Heller, Gail Anderson.
Contributor(s): Anderson, Gail
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2014Description: 351 p. : ill ; 25 cm001: 26264ISBN: 9780500241455Subject(s): Type and type-founding | Graphic design (Typography) | LetteringDDC classification: 686.22
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 686.22 AND (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Checked out | 11/11/2022 | 099536 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Virtually anything can be used to make original typography and once you start looking, it is impossible not to see letters everywhere, from deliberate inventions - aromatic alphabets made of spaghetti, soup or spices, or contorted typefaces styled out of human handprints - to serendipitous and often short-lived discoveries - letters formed by chemtrails in the sky, negative spaces between trees branches and city buildings, cracks in plaster - to fading 'ghost types' painted on buildings in a pre-digital age.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 6)
- Objectified Type (p. 8)
- Bodily Type (p. 78)
- Edible Type (p. 106)
- Industrial Type (p. 136)
- Outdoor Type (p. 180)
- Sculptural Type (p. 208)
- Elemental Type (p. 240)
- Floral Type (p. 274)
- Animal Type (p. 300)
- Ghost Type (p. 312)
- Further Reading (p. 348)
- Index of Materials (p. 349)
- Contributors (p. 350)
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