Hand to Type: Scripts, Hand-Lettering and Calligraphy

Hand to Type: Scripts, Hand-Lettering and Calligraphy
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Although, or perhaps because, most of us write less and less by hand, our fascination for handwritten letterforms is growing. Typeface designers who specialize in traditional, charming, or spectacular lettering with a handmade look have become role models for todayâ€™s young typographers and graphic design students. Script fontsâ€•digital type families based on handwritingâ€•are among the most sought on the typography market today. Scripts from the past, be it 18th-century formal calligraphy or advertising headlines from the 1960s, are being digitized and turned into OpenType programming. The love of the hand-written look is nothing new. Even the oldest printed books pretended to be something unique and not a machine-made mass product. Hand to Type is a collection of some of the best work by todayâ€™s lettering artists in the fields of hand-made and digital script forms. The book includes texts about outstanding designers and contains a series of expert chapters outlining the principles of script forms that may be lesser known to most western typographersâ€•from the German SÃ¼tterlin to Arabic and Asian scripts. Hand to Type also traces script fonts back to some of the earliest examples: hand-lettering as a sign of authenticity, or printing type made to look like formal writing.
Country USA
Brand gestalten
Manufacturer Gestalten
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2012-11-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783899554496

Country	USA
Brand	gestalten
Manufacturer	Gestalten
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2012-11-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783899554496

Hand to Type: Scripts, Hand-Lettering and Calligraphy

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