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Smeijers, Fred

 
9780907259244: Type Now: A manifesto
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0907259243 ISBN 13 : 9780907259244
Editeur : Hyphen Press, 2004

Synopsis

With the desktop publishing revolution of the 1980s, typographic design came within the reach of anyone with a home computer. Since that time, we have seen a boom in the production of new fonts. This book takes stock of what was achieved during this protean period. Smeijers, a first-generation digital type designer, knows the possibilities of computer technology, but nevertheless argues for the continuing validity of the traditional skills of drawing and shape-making. He suggests that the trends of the recent past are already exhausted. As new industry standards are introduced, font design must again become a job for engineers rather than self-trained designers. The book concludes that the number of new fonts being introduced must be reduced, and it ends with a proposal for a new "moral code" for type designers.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

With the desktop publishing revolution of the 1980s, typographic design came within the reach of anyone with a home computer. Since that time, we have seen a boom in the production of new fonts. This book takes stock of what was achieved during this protean period. Smeijers, a first-generation digital type designer, knows the possibilities of computer technology, but nevertheless argues for the continuing validity of the traditional skills of drawing and shape-making. He suggests that the trends of the recent past are already exhausted. As new industry standards are introduced, font design must again become a job for engineers rather than self-trained designers. The book concludes that the number of new fonts being introduced must be reduced, and it ends with a proposal for a new 'moral code' for type designers.

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Éditeur
Hyphen Press
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0907259243
ISBN 13 
9780907259244
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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