New typographics with font sample.
Publisher: Tokyo : London P.I.E. Hi Marketing [distributor], 2005Description: 168 p. ill. 29 cm001: 10069ISBN: 4894443937Subject(s): Typography | Type fontsDDC classification: 686.22 NEWItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 686.22 NEW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 090626 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book offers high quality typographic works with strong visual appeal, with practical information of the names of typefaces and the Web sites where readers can purchase individual fonts. Digital typefaces used in the works herein are either ones designed recently or are traditional, common fonts. The contemporary graphic designs with new digital fonts have been selected from all over the world, featuring works from France, Netherlands, U.K., U.S., Germany, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Australia, Venezuela, Mexico, and Japan.Fonts used in the works are classified as follows: 1) commercial fonts; 2) custom fonts, created for a particular work or client and are not for sale; 3) free fonts and; 4) others, including handwriting or characters made by hand. Over seventy commercial fonts used in the works include samples of its alphabets (A to Z in both capital and small letters) and numbers so that readers can get an idea of how each looks and compares with the others. This is not only a reference for typography and typefaces but also serves as an inspirational resource for graphic projects and typesetting.
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