Handmade Type Workshop

Techniques for Creating Original Characters and Digital Fonts

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Type and font creation remains one of the most popular and important aspects of graphic design, and this book adds to these studies by focusing on the handmade aesthetic, tapping into its resurgent popularity among designers, illustrators and type enthusiasts alike. <br>

Type and font creation remains one of the most popular and important aspects of graphic design and this book adds to these studies by focusing on the handmade aesthetic tapping into its resurgent popularity among designers illustrators and type enthusiasts alike brbrThis practical guide to handcrafting creative fonts is packed with btutorialsb bprofilesb and binspirational showcasesb from a range of international contemporary practitioners including Lisa Congdon Toshi Tajima Mathilde Nivet Tyrone Ohia Honey Design Amandine Alessandra and many morebrbrTaking font creation back to basics iHandmade Type Workshopi explores innovative ways to design contemporary lettering of all kinds examining everything from classic design examples to 3D and illustrated fonts digital lettering and radical conceptual alphabetsbrbriHandmade Type Workshopi is ideal for anyone looking to move beyond existing typography and fonts to create explore and use original or customized letterforms
Extent: 176 pp
Format: Paperback with flaps
Illustrations: 450
Publication date: 2011-07-11
Size: 26.5 x 19.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500289457
1. Character Creation: Illustrated or hand-drawn; Printed, stitched or cut; Digitally drawn; 3D / Installation; Found or photographed 2. Font Creation: Preparing characters; Creating a font family
About the Author

Charlotte Rivers is a freelance writer and contributor to several design magazines. She is the author of Reinventing Letterpress, CD-Art, Mag-Art, Book-Art, Poster-Art, Promo-Art, The Best of Disc-Art and Maximalism for Rotovision.

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