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This book is a hands-on guide to the entire process of making logos and fonts and even icons, all of which, essentially, start with the ability to draw letterforms. The intent of the book, in fact, is to enable the user to end reliance on "OPF" (other people's fonts) and learn to draw your own custom logos, fonts and lettering! There are many books on the market that simply display collections of logos and fonts, and that give the history of logos and fonts. But Logo, Font & Lettering Bible is unique in that it teaches you how to create logos and fonts from scratch using traditional tools as well as the computer programs Adobe Illustrator and Fontographer (plus a bit about FontLab). The book provides all the traditional rules and tips about letter formation relating to proportion, shaping, balance, spacing, composition and actually teaches five different methods of drawing letters on computer using bezier curves. There has never been a book like this one that goes into so much detail about drawing letters and takes such a fun and irreverent approach while doing so. The book is also full of inspiration and analysis of tons of great examples of vintage and current lettering from old manuscripts to graffiti. Logo, Font & Lettering Bible also shows you how to create fancy drop shadows and other type effects. And finally, the last section provides straight talk on the business of being a logo and font designer, from advertising your work and pricing to dealing with difficult clients (aren't they all?).
This book has been almost unanimously acclaimed by professional letterers, logo designers and font creators, both young and old. It is currently in use as a text in many typography programs and several Design college educators have stated it is one of the few texts that "students are actually happy about having to purchase."
About the Author
Leslie Cabarga has been an illustrator, graphic designer and font designer since 1975. He has authored over two dozen books on design including The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations, The Designer's Guide to Global Color Combinations and Learn FontLab Fast. As an illustrator he's drawn covers for Time, Newsweek, Fortune and National Lampoon. He has designed numerous fonts, such as Magneto, Streamline, Raceway and the Love and Peace family of psychedelic fonts.
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Once upon a time, all lettering was hand-lettering. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elliptical baseline, skeleton strokes, amateur client, skeleton letters, metrics window, outline strokes, different fill color, curved baseline, bezier points, compound paths, cap height, template layer, bezier handle, stem widths, arrow tool, ruling pen, letter widths, block shadows, eye dirt, stroke weights, dragging points, excess points, white stroke, pen tool, simple logo Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adobe Illustrator, New York, Create Outlines, White Arrow, Shape Area, Art Deco, Font Bureau, Frederic Goudy, Clean Up Paths, Gerard Huerta, Michael Doret, Composing Room, Convert Anchor Point, David Berlow, Jill Bell, Leslie Cabarga, Will Dwiggins, Black Arrow, Daniel Pelavin, Dirk Uhlenbrock, Envelope Distort, Fred Cooper, Kobalt Bold, Mark Fox, Adobe Photoshop New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Once upon a time, all lettering was hand-lettering. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
elliptical baseline, skeleton strokes, amateur client, skeleton letters, metrics window, outline strokes, different fill color, curved baseline, bezier points, compound paths, cap height, template layer, bezier handle, stem widths, arrow tool, ruling pen, letter widths, block shadows, eye dirt, stroke weights, dragging points, excess points, white stroke, pen tool, simple logo Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Adobe Illustrator, New York, Create Outlines, White Arrow, Shape Area, Art Deco, Font Bureau, Frederic Goudy, Clean Up Paths, Gerard Huerta, Michael Doret, Composing Room, Convert Anchor Point, David Berlow, Jill Bell, Leslie Cabarga, Will Dwiggins, Black Arrow, Daniel Pelavin, Dirk Uhlenbrock, Envelope Distort, Fred Cooper, Kobalt Bold, Mark Fox, Adobe Photoshop New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Art Alphabets and Lettering by J. M. Bergling on page 58
- The Book of Signs (Dover Pictorial Archive) by Rudolf Koch on page 164
- Adobe Illustrator by Adobe Press on page 21
- Creative Illustration by Andrew Loomis on page 126
- A Visit to the United Kingdom by Rachael Bell in Back Matter
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