Indie Type: Typefaces and Creative Font Application in Design - Hardcover

Wang Shaoqiang

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8417084126 ISBN 13: 9788417084127

Publisher: Promopress, 2019

Synopsis

This book includes a series of typefaces selected for their innovative, aesthetic, or adaptable approach, including a representation of their use in different international projects. It also features a series of interviews with 5 representative typeface designers who provide an account of the creative process behind designing a typeface; how it was created, and how it displays in design. This book will serve as an inspiration for those who are interested in font design and want to create something new.

About this title

About the Author

Shaoqiang Wang is a professor and graduate supervisor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (China). He is a prolific editor whose works focus on international design, architecture, branding, communication, trends, and culture. He is also the editor of Design 360° magazine and Asia-Pacific Design. He has been invited to lecture at numerous universities, design academies, and organisations, and he has also been a jury member for China's most prestigious design and illustration awards. Mr. Wang is also director of the Guangdong Museum of Art and professor and doctoral supervisor at the College of Arts and Humanities within the Macau University of Science and Technology.

From the Back Cover

This book includes a series of typefaces selected by their innovative, aesthetic, or adaptable approach, including a representation of their use in different international projects. It also features a series of interviews to 5 representative typeface designers who provide an account of the creative process behind designing a typeface, how it was created, and how it displays in design. This book will serve as an inspiration for those who are interested in fonts design and want to create something new. This book would probably be the best way for them to get inspired.

Edition details

• Publisher: Promopress
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8417084126
• ISBN 13: 9788417084127
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Shaoqiang Wang