The Designer's Guide to Web Type: Your Connection to the Best Fonts Online (Paperback)

~ Kathleen Ziegler (Editor), Nick Greco (Editor) "Web Type ¡s divided alphabetically by font name and includes descriptive text, font family listing and two typographic illustrations that feature each font in a..." (more)
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Product Description

This is the must-have reference guide for digital designers, graphic artists, new media artisans and typographers who use type as a creative tool in their work. It showcases the latest, greatest type fonts of the world's hottest online foundries, their Internet addresses (for downloading software or freeware) and electrifying examples of their graphic design applications.

The fonts are separated by style (textured, techno, experimental), in addition to being indexed alphabetically and by foundry, making The Designer's Guide to Webtype the most versatile, user-friendly book on type a designer can own!

* Showcases more than 100 innovative designer fonts
* Foundries sampled include Adobe, Fonthaus Fonthead, Fountain, Garagefonts, ITC and more
* Also works as an excellent idea book

About the Author

Kathleen Ziegler and Nick Greco are the principals of Dimensional Illustrators, Inc. which they founded to promote three-dimensional illustration in advertising and publishing. They work in Southampton, Pennsylvania and give lectures throughout the United States. They have also co-authored several books including More Paper Sculpture and Digital Focus.

Product Details

• Paperback: 287 pages
• Publisher: Hearst Books (June 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060933739
• ISBN-13: 978-0060933739
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #413,673 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Web Type is a Knock-Out (Editor's Choice), March 7, 2002

By	Fred Showker "DTG Magazine" (The Design Bookshelf) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was selected as our Editor's Choice for March 2002 for several reasons...
First, it's a masterpiece of visual delights -- each of the fonts reviewed includes the font in creative use, actual publications where they have appeared, or simply a creative expression.
Most importantly, the book contains full descriptions, foundry, author/artist and details about the font. Then the second half of the book shows full font listings in both positive and negative. Sweet.
All in all the book is a delight to hold and browse. Even if you're not looking for a font, the visuals are stunning -- printed in full color on 100lb enamel stock.
We highly recommend "Designers Guide to Web Type" for your connection to the best fonts online... or purely for its aesthetic value -- making it the editor's choice in this month's Design-Bookshelf.com.
Fred Showker

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lunchbox Studios, February 28, 2005

By	Richard Zvonar (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Isabella Valentine's report of Lunchbox Studios being out of business is not quite accurate - I just bought their font set today (03/01/05). The company is in transition, having moved recently from New York City to Los Angeles. The Web site has yet to be updated with the current contact information, so it's easy to understand how Isabella concluded that they're out of business (I almost gave up myself). Lunchbox is actually under the same roof as Reelhouse.com.

Actually I'm just as happy for Isabella's comment, since it led me to Lunchbox and their excellent set of fonts.

4.0 out of 5 stars Just one small problem, July 27, 2004

By	Isabella Valentine - www.IsabellaValentine.com (Bloomington, IN) - See all my reviews

Yes this book has some of the best fonts online and gives websites on where to buy them.

Yes this book is excellent quality, full color, excellent graphics, accurate, edited wonderfully.

Yes this is a fantastic fonts book - one of the best I've seen.

But... one small problem. A huge majority of these fonts come one website (lunchbox studios) which is no longer in business. I tried to buy the fonts myself. The company turned off their phone, their credit card system, etc. even though their website looks like it is up and working. So even though the fonts may LOOK good in the book... they will most likely not be available where it says.