Typography

When we encounter typography, how do we know what it means? How is the tone of type influenced by the way it is set, when it is made, and where it exists? Considering the social, spatial, and temporal contexts of visual language, this text informs and...

Rules in typography--a joy for graphic designers and everyone who has anything to do with designing texts.About the AuthorAnneloes van Gaalen is a writer, enterpreneur and all-round creative. After receiving her MA and MPhil in English, American Studies...

Si el alfabeto es ideolOgicamente neutro, no lo es un abecedario ilustrado: de entrada la elecciOn de las palabras ya delata unas afinidades y rechazos, mientras que los dibujos, que tendrAn que funcionar como una definiciOn grAfica de la palabra,...

Typographic design begins with a set of information and a concept. The designer, facing a blank sheet of paper or a computer screen, is anxious about the first step to take in developing a design. The elements of typography are an obvious starting point,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781592407460Author Simon GarfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Gotham BooksPublisher Gotham BooksWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 208mm * 140mm *...

New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. First published in 1971, this title is used universally ever since. It provides access to lessons from...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486256863Author Dan X. SoloFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 280gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783721210187Author Yana VekshynaFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Niggli VerlagPublisher Niggli VerlagWeight(grams) 580g

Philippe Apeloig's design career began in 1985 at the Musee d'Orsay when he designed the poster for the Museum's first exhibition, 'Chicago, Birth of a Metropolis'. He is noted for his posters, many of which are in the collection of MoMA, and his...

Typography is the most effective tool that graphic designers use to express ideas and convey a message. The ability to choose the right typeface for the right job, to design readable and legible pages, and to marry type and image to create visually...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783910265158Author Leonhard LaupichlerFormat PaperbackImprint Sorry PressPublisher Sorry Press

Riding the wave of lettering enthusiasm that's only grown over the past year, this new workbook by a master artist with 170k Instagram followers will be 2018's go-to lettering book for instruction and inspiration. Chrystal Elizabeth's unique brush...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783721210095Author Hendrik WeberFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Niggli VerlagPublisher Niggli VerlagWeight(grams) 280g

Bold, visual, profound, symbolic: Japanese kanji characters communicate powerful graphic messages that look great on skin, walls, stationery, T-shirts, and more Here are dozens of edgy, targeted characters hand-picked to help you find the inner you and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048569Author Steven SkaggsFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Calm Calligraphy will teach you the ancient art of the Scriptorium - copying letters, words and phrases - which helps you focus your thoughts and relax your mind. Learn the beautiful letter forms with step-by-step instructions, then refine your technique...

Calligraphy and lettering, in chalk! Chalk art and lettering are all around: on menu boards at a favorite local coffee shop, brightening sidewalk easels at street fairs, and in lively artwork found in the home. Chalk art and lettering pros Amanda Arneill...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784861524677Format PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Seigensha Art PublishingPublisher Seigensha Art Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789774168918Author Bahia ShehabFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint The American University in Cairo PressPublisher The American University in Cairo...

This expertly presented volume covers all aspects of the art of 'beautiful writing', setting out the essential tools needed, teaching all the basic strokes to form letters, and providing a rich variety of templates to work from. A dozen alphabets are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789462084407Author Gerard UngerFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint NAI PublishersPublisher Netherlands Architecture Institute (NAi Uitgevers/Publishers)

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781788286237Author Michael TilleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Dafi Kuhne is a Swiss designer who works with analog and digital ways to produce fresh and unique letterpress-printed posters. Using very different kinds of instruments, from a MacBook to a pantograph, for his compositions, he pushes the boundaries of...

The 1920s in Germany witnessed a revolution in visual communication, typography, and graphic design that still influences us today. In 1929, Hungarian avant-garde artist and Bauhaus professor Laszlo Moholy-Nagy was invited to design a room dedicated to...

An essential resource to using contemporary typefaces for effective communication Type is the handwriting of the 21st century, lending its expressive voice to the language of all written communication. Type Speaks is the first book to explore type as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995666467Format PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Unit EditionsPublisher Unit EditionsWeight(grams) 80g

This book features examples of different types of custom-designed lettering - from digital typefaces to printed matter and handwriting - and their practical applications. When we read, our brain is decoding a series of abstract symbols and synthesising...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999809522Author Matej LatinFormat PaperbackPage Count 253Imprint Matej LatinPublisher Matej Latin

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486286969Author Dan X. SoloFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 360gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Honorable Mention, 2011 American Publishers Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE Award) in Architecture & Urban Planning, presented by...

With the rise of digital technology as a design tool and its acceptance as simply part of the tool chest for today's design studios, there has been a re-evaluation and return to exploring pre-digital typography. Design studios no longer flaunt their...

The Austrian typographer Helmut Schmid was a master of his craft. He put his own spin on Emil Ruder’s teachings at the Basel School of Design while remaining faithful to the principles of clarity, simplicity and elegance. Blending eastern and western...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780648568438Author Maree CooteFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Melbournestyle BooksPublisher Melbournestyle BooksWeight(grams) 755g

The typograhic grid is a child of constructive art. This book offers a collection of about two dozen typographic works of the author including books, brochures and art catalogues. The works, documented in schematic drawings and many individual...

In MAINTENANT 18, contemporary dada writers and artists from around the world redistribute a wealth of new ideas, to shape public opinion using the theme of PLUTOCRAZY. "Timely and relevant." -Tribe LA Magazine. "Proof that dada is not dead." -MADJAN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734222418Author Rob Roy KellyFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint Liber Apertus PressPublisher Liber Apertus PressWeight(grams) 1102gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486402826Author Dan X. SoloFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 273gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780201134377Author Donald KnuthFormat HardbackPage Count 624Imprint Addison-Wesley ProfessionalPublisher Addison-Wesley ProfessionalWeight(grams)...

Language, writing, and letters are the basis of our communication as human beings -- and calligraphy celebrates the inherent beauty of this need to share and connect. This volume showcases what calligraphy has grown to be in the 21st century, featuring...

Graffiti writing was born in the streets of Philadelphia in the late 1960s. But it was in New York in the early 1970s that it became a full-fledged urban art, gradually taking over the landscape of the city, from its walls to its subway cars. In these...