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Autore: | Willen Bruce <1981-> |
Titolo: | Lettering & type [[electronic resource] ] : creating letters and designing typefaces / / Bruce Willen, Nolen Strals ; with a foreword by Ellen Lupton |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Princeton Architectural Press, c2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (144 p.) |
Disciplina: | 686.2/24 |
Soggetto topico: | Type and type-founding |
Lettering | |
Graphic design (Typography) | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Altri autori: | StralsNolen <1978-> LuptonEllen |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 1. Context : Legibility, context, and creativity ; A compressed history of the Roman alphabet -- 2. Systems & type-ologies : Systems ; The ideal versus the practical ; Conceptual alphabets and lettering ; Writing, lettering, or type? ; Letter structure ; Type and lettering classification ; Exercise: fictional characters ; Book typefaces ; Display lettering and type -- 3. Creating letters : Thinking before drawing ; The lettering process ; Foundations ; Exercise: flat-tipped pen ; Creating text letters and book type ; Modular letters ; Exercise: modular alphabet ; Screen fonts ; Handwriting ; Script lettering ; Casual lettering ; Distressed type ; Interview: Ken Barber -- 4. Making letters work : Transforming type : Customizing type ; Turning type into lettering ; Exercise: modifying type ; Ligatures and joined letterforms ; Interview: Nancy Harris Rouemy -- Lettering as image : The opaque word ; Interview: Shaun Flynn -- Designing typefaces : Behind a face ; Character traits ; Letterform analysis ; Lowercase ; Uppercase ; Numerals ; Punctuation and accents ; Type families ; Spacing and kerning ; Setting text ; Interview: Christian Schwartz -- Glossary. |
Altri titoli varianti: | Lettering and type |
Titolo autorizzato: | Lettering & type |
ISBN: | 1-61689-098-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910456495503321 |
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