With this visually stunning primer, designers will develop the skills and vision to produce truly innovative, eye-catching type design. All the basics of type design are covered, and in-depth information is provided on more advanced topics such as the differences between type applications, how typography creates identity, and what best inspires readers. Designer Alex W. White packs the pages with fifteen hundred images modern and ancient, specially created and found that illustrate typographic concepts and continue to yield more complexity and connectivity with each viewing. Listening to Type proves that type is much more than groups of letterforms on a page; it is a language with the ability to convey meaning and evoke emotions beyond the spoken words it symbolizes.
Author(s): Alex W. White
Edition: 1
Publisher: Allworth Press | Skyhorse Publishing
Year: 2016
Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF | TOC
Pages: 273
Tags: Type And Type-founding; Graphic Design (Typography); Type And Type-Founding History 20th Century; Graphic Design (Typography) History 20th Century
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
1 | Introduction
Section 1 | Type and Design
1 | What is type and where is it found?
2 | The laguage of type
3 | Space and type
4 | Working type: type with jobs
Section 2 | What readers want
5 | What makes readers respond
6 | Readability, then legibility
7 | Typographic unity
Section 3 | Creativity
8 | Fresh vs. familiar
9 | Type and identity
10 | How to evolve type treatments
11 | Type and imagery
Section 4 | Typography Timeline
12 | Handwriting and lettering until 1450
13 | Type 1450-1913
14 | Type 1914-1945
15 | Type 1946-1982
16 | 1983 onward
Appendix | Twenty-six letters evolve over three eras
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Colophon and Credits