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Taking font creation back to basics, this comprehensive book 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 alphabets. Handmade Type Workshop is ideal for anyone looking to move beyond existing typography and fonts to create, explore and use original or customized letterforms.
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a gorgeous book! if you like type you'll love this. has wonderful examples of beautiful typography in different medias and also has some tutorials inside so you can have a go at some of the techniques. a nice buy and im glad i added it to my collection!
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I bought this book as one of my tutors at college recommended it. The book contains a variety of different ways to create type and helps to get the reader thinking more about how to be creative with type. There are also a number of different tutorials showing how to create some of the examples in the book which can be very handy. Over all i thought this book was well laid out and is very useful if you're looking for ideas or just want to appreciate the different ways type can be created.
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fun ideas and techniques on crafting your own types and fonts
18 May 2012
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If you like lettering, typography and crafting, this book will be right up your alley! Charlotte Rivers has picked a range of type designs and designers to showcase in Handmade Type Workshop. The typefaces in the book are created through various media: hand drawn on pen and paper or illustrated; stitched, cut out on paper or drawn on the computer; crafted in 3D form from materials like food, ribbons, clay and even bicycle tyre; made from found objects. There are also chapters on creating a font (with tips and technical information like how to extract letter forms from photographs or convert characters to vector graphics) and creating a font family (a guide on using FontLab or Fontographer).
There is a lot of useful information for font lovers in the book. More than 20 designers are profiled and they each briefly describe their work and work processes; several of their letter forms are showcased and best of all, most of the profiles are accompanied by a tutorial from the designer so you can pick up techniques and start creating your own typefaces and fonts. Just how handcrafted, digital or free form is up to you! I started doodling before I hit page 30 and have had many hours of fun since - something I'm sure I'll continue to enjoy doing.
There is a lot of useful information for font lovers in the book. More than 20 designers are profiled and they each briefly describe their work and work processes; several of their letter forms are showcased and best of all, most of the profiles are accompanied by a tutorial from the designer so you can pick up techniques and start creating your own typefaces and fonts. Just how handcrafted, digital or free form is up to you! I started doodling before I hit page 30 and have had many hours of fun since - something I'm sure I'll continue to enjoy doing.
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