The Geometry of Type explores 100 traditional and modern typefaces in detail, with a full spread devoted to each entry. Characters from each typeface are enlarged and annotated to reveal key features, anatomical details, and the finer, often-overlooked elements of type design, which shows how these attributes affect mood and readability. Sidebar information lists the designer and foundry, the year of release and the different weights and styles available, while feature boxes explain the origins and best uses for each typeface, such as whether it is suitable for running text or as a display font for headlines. To help the reader spot each typeface in the wider world, the full character set is shown, and the best letters for identification are highlighted.
Stephen Coles Livres
Stephen Coles est un écrivain et typographe dont le travail explore les subtilités de la communication visuelle et de la conception de caractères. Il examine méticuleusement l'histoire et les applications pratiques de la typographie, contribuant ainsi à une compréhension plus profonde de l'art et de la science qui sous-tendent les formes des lettres. À travers ses publications et ses conseils, Coles met en lumière l'impact profond de la typographie sur le design et la lisibilité. Son approche met l'accent sur une analyse pointue de la forme, de la fonction et de l'esthétique durable des caractères.
The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces
- 256pages
- 9 heures de lecture
The Anatomy of Type is the ultimate stylistic guide to the intricacies and design of 100 indispensable typefaces. A delightful, colorful, and visual reference guide created by Stephen Coles and Tony Seddon—two acknowledged pros in the font design world—The Anatomy of Type was developed with typographers, graphic designers, and font geeks in mind, graphically and visually expanding on the current font-mania initiated by Simon Garfields's Just My Type.
The 365typo annual book, published in collaboration with Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI), features 365 stories by the best writers in the field of typography, visual communication, and type and graphic design from all over the world, from Tokyo to San Francisco (via Barcelona, Beirut, Berlin, Istanbul, The Hague, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Mexico City, New York, Paris, Prague, Reading and Tehran). 365typo features key issues, events, happenings, behind-the-scenes storytelling and themes. The book presents not only crucial stories and facts, but also analyses and predictions of future developments in the industry, and helps readers find their way through the labyrinth of current events, trends and ideas. The publisher, editors and contributors all share the idea that 365typo is a service to the industry and strive to make it an important source for future research: A time capsule, an archive that documents the era.