The international creation of typefaces after 1950 was decisively influenced by the Swiss type designer Adrian Frutiger. His Univers typeface and the machine-readable font OCR-B, which was adopted as an ISO standard, are milestones, as is his type for the Paris airports, which s…
The standard work on the Swiss type designer: all typefaces - from design to marketing - were visually documented and analyzed with reference to the technology and to related typefaces.
Cet ouvrage est la reprise perfectionnée et actualisée du livre *Des signes et des hommes*, paru en français en 1983. Il s'agit d'une longue réflexion qu'Adrian Frutiger a mûrie au long de sa vie professionnelle de créateur de caractères, d'enseignant et de pédagogue. A travers …
Completely revised and expanded, the second edition of Thinking with Type provides even more examples, exercises, and useful information than the first edition, published in 2004, which was quickly recognized as an essential design tool. A blank page or screen confronts the desi…
This book outlines and demonstrates basic type guidelines and rules through 100 entries, including choosing the typeface for the project, striving for rhythm and balance with type, combining typefaces, using special characters, and kerning and legibility. These essentials of typ…
This book outlines and demonstrates basic type guidelines and rules through 100 entries, including choosing the typeface for the project, striving for rhythm and balance with type, combining typefaces, using special characters, and kerning and legibility. These essentials of typ…
*The Politics of Design* explores the cultural and political context of the typography, colours, photography, symbols, and information graphics that we use every day. Designers, communication specialists, and image-makers possess the power to shape visual communication, and with…
In 'Theory of Type Design' wordt door de wereldwijd vermaarde typograaf en letterontwerper Gerard Unger voor het eerst een compleet en toegankelijk geschreven theorie van het letterontwerp gepresenteerd. Het handboek bestaat uit 24 beknopte hoofdstukken die op heldere wijze elk …
