TYPOGRAPHERS AND TYPE

TYPOGRAPHERS AND TYPE

An illustrated anthology from William Morris to the present day
1995 edited Ruari McLean

Dang I couldnt find a cover shot but this book is worth hunting for.

Useful sensible logical observations and comments on type book publishingpage layout product quality  design ornament and other problems that designers still have to deal with today.

You do not have to be a typographer to benefit from this book.

Go and see if your college or university library has a copy hidden somewhere even in its in stack.

thinking with type

THINKING WITH TYPE

Thinking with type 

a Critical guide for designers, writers, editors and students

Ellen Lupton 2nf 2010 edition

Need ideas for your self or students?

Read this book  for yourself when going back and reviewing  basics will refresh and inspire you and recommend it to students who need a good solid introduction to those basics. Or just study and enjoy it as an example of a well designed text book!

Brush versus Pen

Brush Versus Pen

have you ever considered how much difference the shape of a tool makes to a letter and how a change of tool changes letter shapes?

This first image is modern typography. You could do this by hand but the use of layers and computers means you do not have to worry about white designer color or gouache or poster paint  not drying to a consistent smoothness for photographic reproduction and transfer to metal plates.

Next a design for a book plate a kind of small sticker to be placed in a book.

This one is early 20th century!

Finally while it was created digitally this logo from a sadly now defunct Geocities page is based on Gothic a script originally hand written in which the letter forms are made up of combined strokes on ink. 

Using modern technology makes us tend to focus on type as image.

Now please follow on to the next blog post in this sequence!?