Type teams: perfect typeface combinations and why they work
Tony Seddon
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Publication:
- Blue Ash, Ohio : How Books, [2015]
- Copyright:
- ©2015
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- Summary:
- Developed with typographers, graphic designers, and font geeks in mind, Type Teams is the ultimate guide for readers wishing to get to grips with the best techniques for combining individual typefaces for any category of creative project. It explores 150 typeface combinations grouped into 25 contrasting categories, ranging from Classical and Scholarly to Edgy and Vibrant. Within the pages of this unique reference for font spotters, designers, and users, the perfect typeface combination for any creative project can be found.
- Table of Contents:
- Classification
- Type Teams
- Principles
- Stress
- Characters, glyphs, and points
- Contrast
- Apertures and counters
- Legs and tails
- Ascenders and descenders
- Single- or double-storey
- Serif shapes and bracketing
- Which script?
- Pen or chisel?
- Tricks
- Don't pigeonhole typefaces
- Let big personalities have their say
- Hierarchy is important
- How many fonts (or typefaces)?
- Mixing serifs and sans serifs
- Promote class diversity
- Weight problems?
- Size matters
- Don't mix your moods
- Don't go overboard
- Color
- the new black and white
- Ligatures
- Tittles
- Fractious fractions.
- Author/Creator:
- Seddon, Tony, 1965- , author
- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
- Subjects:
- Genres:
- General Notes:
- Includes index.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Call Numbers:
- Z250 S43 2015
- ISBNs:
- 1440335214
9781440335211 - OCLC Numbers:
- 877850804