Free Hand New Typography Sketchbooks

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A lively collection of the personal sketchbooks of over seventy of the most influential and independently minded illustrators and typographers working today.

A lively collection of the personal sketchbooks of over seventy of the most influential and independently minded illustrators and typographers working today.
This show-all tour through leading graphic designers’ personal sketchbooks reveals the creative processes behind the creation of typefaces, word-images and logos. Arranged alphabetically by name, the world’s most exciting designers and typographers, including Philippe Apeloig, Ed Benguiat, Hoefler Type Foundry, Henrik Kubel, Toshi Omagari and Francesco Zorzi, present a staggering range of exciting ways to communicate through letters and words. Sketchbook pages reveal the designers’ creative processes across diverse briefs, concepts, languages and alphabets, from Roman to Cyrillic to Arabic. This rich compendium is aimed at all those who engage creatively with type.
Extent: 352 pp
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2018-07-05
Size: 24.5 x 18.5 cm
ISBN: 9780500294277
Introduction • Over 70 alphabetically arranged profiles

Press Reviews

Reveals a staggering range of unique ways to communicate
Creative Review




About the Authors

Steven Heller is co-chair of the MFA Design: Designer as Author programme at the School of Visual Arts, New York. He is the author of many books, including Stencil Type, Graphic, Typography Sketchbooks, New Ornamental Type and New Vintage Type, all published by Thames & Hudson.

LitaTalarico is the founding editor of American Illustration & Photography and the other co-chair of the MFA Designer as Author Department at the School of Visual Arts. She is also reporter-at-large for Italian Design Graphics.

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