Alphabook: Typeface Design & Application - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823066355 ISBN 13: 9780823066353

Publisher: Arco Editorial, 1999

Synopsis

Drawing on sources around the world, Alphabook brings together type design for both text and display faces, in work that demonstrates the unique characteristics of the typeface shown. The full alphabet of each typeface is displayed to maximum effect, alongside examples of the work it features in.
The selection of typefaces in Alphabook constitutes an essential reference book for all designers, not only showcasing some of the most innovative typefaces in current use, but also demonstrating their versatility in a variety of formats from posters to CD sleeves to websites. All the information needed to obtain the fonts themselves is also provided.
A new, independent collection of typefaces, Alphabook delights the user on a number of levels - as a source of inspiration, as a catalogue of newly available typefaces, and as one of the most striking design publications of 1999.

About this title

Synopsis

Alphabook brings together new type design for both text and display faces with work that demonstrates the unique characteristics of each typeface shown. It shows the weights and cuts of each face with ideas on design.'

Edition details

• Publisher: Arco Editorial
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0823066355
• ISBN 13: 9780823066353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Editor: Walton Roger