Set includes:
Name This Font - A Practical Encyclopedia of Letterforms: Volume 1: Uppercase, Upright Fonts - Sans Serif, Serif, Condensed
Name This Font - A Practical Encyclopedia of Letterforms: Volume 2: Uppercase Fonts - Decorative/Design/Display, Script, Blackletter/Uncial
'Name This Font, Volume I' covers 369 of the most popular and interesting uppercase, upright fonts in current use. It illustrates sans serif, serif, and condensed letterforms. The individual characters of the alphabet are shown in separate charts, and arranged in accordance with variations in their shape.
'Name This Font - Volume II' covers 371 of the most popular and interesting uppercase fonts in current use. It illustrates decorative/design/display, script and blackletter/uncial letterforms. The individual characters of the alphabet are shown in separate charts, and arranged in accordance with variations in their shape.
About the Author
Thomas V. Skrivan was born in Poland. He studied at Warsaw Polytechnic, where he received a Masters degree. In 1965 he immigrated to the United States.
For a number of years, he worked as a mechanical engineer. In 1981, however, he decided to change his occupation to one that appealed to him as more creative and artistic - a professional photographer. With time, he became an expert in photo-composites and special effects photography.
While a photographer, he published two handbooks: PIN REGISTRATION AND MASKING and THE BOOK OF CHARTS. He also designed a computer program for color work on photographic enlargers.
In 1994, with the increased importance of computer graphics and desktop publishing, he joined the digital imaging department of a photo/digital lab in San Francisco. He continues to work as a graphic designer and owner of his company, GraphicPage, located in Foster City, CA.
The former work as a special-effects photographer, and the later job as a digital imaging artist, provided him with a constant exposure to the advertising and publishing industry. That experience brought him an idea of a handbook/encyclopedia of fonts that would eliminate the difficulty and labor of identifying a font in an existing text or finding the right typeface for a new project.
