Type

by Haley, Allan

• ISBN13: 9781564963178
• ISBN10: 1564963179
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-12-01
• Publisher: Rockport Pub

Summary

Typography is not only a communication tool but an artistic vehicle as well. Type: Hot Designers Make Cool Fonts explores how award-winning designers create and use typography employing the computer as a design tool. Whether you want to design your own typeface or adapt an existing one, Type offer indispensable direction and instruction from the best typographers in the business through twelve illustrated case studies. Each section provides biographical information, an examination of recent work, sketches and screen shots, and images illustrating the type in place. Each designer offers an insider's look at the intriguing process of modern type design in his or her own words.

Table of Contents

Introduction: ``Type Families''	6	(8)
Essay: ``Making Cool Fonts for Hard Cash''	8	(6)
David Berlow	14	(7)
Matthew Carter	21	(7)
Jean-Renaud Cuaz	28	(8)
Dave Farey	36	(6)
Tobias Frere-Jones	42	(7)
Jonathan Hoefler	49	(9)
James Montalbano	58	(5)
Jim Parkinson	63	(10)
Jean-Francois Porchez	73	(9)
Quay and Sack	82	(7)
Robert Slimbach	89	(9)
Erik Spiekermann	98	(7)
Sumner Stone	105	(8)
Carol Twombly	113	(7)
Essay: ``Making Typefaces Legible''	120	(2)
Essay: ``Special-Purpose Fonts''	122	(2)
Type Timeline	124	(12)
Glossary	136	(2)
Directory of Type Foundries and Designers	138	(2)
Index	140