Letterforms : type design from past to future /: type design from past to future. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Letter forms; Type design from past to future
• Further Information: Note: Timothy Samara.
• Authors: Samara, Timothy
• Contents: Heritage: a very long (yet somewhat abridged) introduction to the history of letterform design -- Legacies: nomenclature and current aesthetic design conventions -- Foundations: fundamentals of character, structure and optics -- Evolution: strategies and processes to help guide the budding type designer -- Reinvention: envisioning structure and style in new ways for narrative and conceptual expression -- The state of the art: a showcase of contemporary directions in typeface design.
• Publisher Details: Beverly, MA : Rockport
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (240 pages ), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 686.2/24; Type and type-founding; Type and type-founding -- History; Graphic design (Typography); Graphic design (Typography) -- History; Graphic design (Typography); Type and type-founding; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781631594748; 1631594745
• Related ISBNs: 9781631594731; 1631594737; 9781631593345; 163159334X
• Notes: Note: Description based on print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.