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9781906155414: Font. The SourceBook

Synopsis

Font. The Sourcebook is an engaging and informative discussion of the history of typeface as communication, design, display and fine art, combined with an invaluable and inspirational resource for any designer of the most influential typefaces throughout history. Covering the themes of how type is designed and the principles of type, with a particular look at the impact that changing technologies have on type design, Font profiles the pioneers, such as John Baskerville, Max Miedinger, Adrian Frutiger, Herbert Bayer, Claude Garamond, Morris Fuller Benton, Bruce Rogers, amongst others, before moving on to discuss the designers who are pushing typography forward today. Presenting over 50 of the most important typefaces in history in their full glory, Font. The Sourcebook is an encyclopaedic and inspirational resource for designers and artists. Featuring a short history, an exhaustive library, examples of its most innovative or inventive applications, these profiles of the most innovative and important historical and contemporary typefaces currently in use provide a vital practical tool for graphic designers and typographers to use and be inspired by. With comment from some of the most important designers, critics and typographers working today, Font. The Sourcebook is a resource no one interested in art and design will want to be without.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Font. The Sourcebook is an engaging and informative discussion of the history of typeface as communication, design, display and fine art, combined with an invaluable and inspirational resource for any designer of the most influential typefaces throughout history. Covering the themes of how type is designed and the principles of type, with a particular look at the impact that changing technologies have on type design, Font profiles the pioneers, such as John Baskerville, Max Miedinger, Adrian Frutiger, Herbert Bayer, Claude Garamond, Morris Fuller Benton, Bruce Rogers, amongst others, before moving on to discuss the designers who are pushing typography forward today. Presenting over 50 of the most important typefaces in history in their full glory, Font. The Sourcebook is an encyclopaedic and inspirational resource for designers and artists. Featuring a short history, an exhaustive library, examples of its most innovative or inventive applications, these profiles of the most innovative and important historical and contemporary typefaces currently in use provide a vital practical tool for graphic designers and typographers to use and be inspired by. With comment from some of the most important designers, critics and typographers working today, Font. The Sourcebook is a resource no one interested in art and design will want to be without.

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''An essential and continually engaging survey.'' --Dazed & Confused

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