This showcase represents a thrilling diversity of today's most imaginative and energetic type work, from book designs and logos to posters and CD-ROMs. In these examples, type does more than merely talk...it emotes, it surprises, it moves. Substantive captions and quotes from the designers illuminate the inspiration, concepts and techniques behind their work. Also included are specifics on costs, typefaces, special production techniques and more.

Designers who want to walk the cutting edge in their own work will find inspiration in the pages of this progressive book. An international crew of design visionaries discusses their featured magazine and book designs, brochures, ads and posters, revealing how they achieved the "creative edge" in every piece. Showcased in categories, which include Concept, Type, Image and Layout, each piece includes insight on specs and technique.

Many people argue that well-crafted lettering can be as beautiful as a painted picture or sculpture - and they're right! There is so much more to typography than the font you select for your email. Type is art, it is the creative expression of your inner voice, and when combined with colour it can create works with infinite potential to inspire and invigorate. With this unique colouring book you can relax your mind and unwind while revelling in the extraordinary diversity that typographic art has to offer. It's time to take up your pens, pencils, paints and crayons and start creating!

Why do you want to use Fontographer?For the fun of it!When I received the opportunity to go back to my roots, and see what the new Fontographer was like, I was a little concerned. I had just spent nine years painfully teaching myself to letterspace by hand, to write OpenType features, and to become accustomed to the tool set of FontLab. Don't get me wrong, FontLab is a great program. There are still a few features of FontLab that, as a professional font designer, I cannot do without. But I was taken by surprise.Fontographer brought the fun back!It is still the same marvelous program with which I first learned to design fonts. The drawing interface is still clean, clear, and elegant. It still works the way I have learned to work over the past two decades of digital graphic design. I found pleasure in drawing again. Fontographer is a wonderful drawing experience. It has been a real joy to experience that again. After nearly a decade in FontLab, font design is fun again.

The creator of the designer website, maeda@media, explores the computer as an artistic medium, recounting how his students and he have rendered some of the most digitally sophisticated pieces of design in modern history, in a compilation that showcases some of the ACG's key achievements in the fields of digital typography, interaction design, education, and more. Original.

Book Design Made Simple gives DIY authors, small presses, and graphic designers--novices and experts alike--the power to design their own books. It's the first comprehensive book of its kind, explaining every step from installing Adobe(R) InDesign(R) right through to sending the files to press. For those who want to design their own books but have little idea how to proceed, Book Design Made Simple is a semester of book design instruction plus a publishing class rolled into one. Let two experts guide you through the process with easy step-by-step instructions, resulting in a professional-looking top-quality book

The Type Project Book brings together a collection of typographically-focused design projects for all beginning to intermediate-level graphic designers. Renowned design instructor Nigel French approaches each project from both technical and aesthetic points of view, showing the starting state and milestones along the way to the finished deliverable. Wherever appropriate, French discusses historical precedent and professional examples of meeting the same challenge. French describes the assets required and the software used, without presenting screenshots that may quickly become outdated. This guide’s self-contained projects build on examples French first created in his popular courses for Lynda.com/LinkedIn Learning. Its extensively illustrated, attractive format will also appeal to users who just want to dip in and out for specific knowledge and skills. Ideal for independent self-study and exploration by working designers who want to expand their skills and build their portfolios, The Type Project Book has also been crafted to support graphic design students who need a strong foundation in typography.

"Teaches art and design principles with references to contemporary digital art alongside basic digital tools in Adobe Creative Cloud"--Cover, page [4].