Typosphere: New Fonts to Make You Think (Loft Publications) [Hardcover]

Marta Serrats (Author), Pilar Cano (Author)

Book Description

Series: Loft Publications | Publication Date: August 28, 2007

Typosphere is a comprehensive guide for typographers and graphic designers who are fascinated by the latest font designs and their use in editorial design.

The book is divided into different chapters: Aggressive, Funny, Nostalgic, Energy, Playful, Happy and Calm. With a selection of real typographical designs, the reader can not only discover the designs of new typographies, but can also explore the effect created when they appear on the page.

With a wide selection of the latest styles, Typosphere showcases fonts in the broader context of their design and is sure to captivate graphic design students and professionals alike.

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About the Author

Marta Serrats is a design editor for Loft Publications, and an expert in architecture and store displays. She is the author of such highly acclaimed titles as New Shops and Boutiques, Capturing Space, Point of Purchase, and Unique Packaging.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Harper Design (August 28, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061144215
• ISBN-13: 978-0061144219
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,215,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unique Addition to Any Typophile's Library, August 25, 2008

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Randy Willoughby (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Typosphere: New Fonts to Make You Think (Loft Publications) (Hardcover)

This English-language reissue provides a quick overview of some important contemporary type designers and their creations. The authors review a fairly unique collection of typefaces in this compact book. Anyone interested in type design would appreciate this book on a few levels. First, it features sketches and development drawings of many typefaces in progress, showing some of the designers' thought process. Secondly, there are quite a few examples of the typefaces in use, which always gives a nice context to the types, since they can often look and feel quite different when just seen as an alphabet or specimen. Third, the authors provide nice insight into the qualities of many of the designs, pointing out some neat aesthetic and practical details which make them unique and interesting. I didn't necessarily agree completely with the authors' categorization of designs, and I would have liked to see more specimens of complete type families, but the editing and curation of types is delightful and the book is nicely fast-paced, with lots of illustrations. The price is right, too.