Letterforms: Typeface Design from Past to Future

author: Timothy Samara
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.23
book published:
rating: 5
read at: 2020/01/27
date added: 2020/01/27
shelves: non-fiction
review:
'Letterforms: Typeface Design from Past to Future' by Timothy Samara is a book about how typeface and fonts are designed.

The book starts with the history of printing fonts and what was considered the norm. As time went by, typeface became bolder in design to help with selling products. The design of typefaces is discussed next with the importance of spacing and letter widths. The book concludes with how letterforms can be extracted for modern logos.

Throughout the book there are many examples and studies. As a calligrapher and reader, I found the book fascinating. I know that spacing exists in type, but the lengths to which it is painstakingly designed. I enjoyed reading this book.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Quarto Publishing Group - Rockport Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


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