The Field Guide to Typography : Typefaces in the Urban Landscape - Typefaces in the Urban Landscape

The Field Guide to Typography explores and explains the myriad typefaces that we see around us in our day-to-day lives, from airplane liveries to computer screens, from billboard hoardings to signage systems. It presents over 120 typefaces - old and new, common and unusual - with photographic references to help ''font spotters'' identify particular typefaces in the wild. Accompanying background information explains the origin, usage and key features of each typeface, and ''Field Facts'' provide little-known nuggets of information to expand your typographical awareness. Attractive and informative, The Field Guide to Typography is a unique visual reference for novice font fans and experienced designers alike, and a comprehensive celebration of our expanding typographic world.

List of contents

Foreword ¿ The Field Guide ¿ Serif ¿ Sans Serif ¿ Display ¿ Script ¿ Symbols and Dingbats ¿ Further Reading

About the author

Peter Dawson co-founded his design practice, Grade, in 2000. He is a fellow and a former chair and board
member of the International Society of Typographic Designers, and has also acted as a visiting typography
lecturer at a number of universities. He is the author of The Field Guide to Typography, also published by
Thames & Hudson.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Coles, Peter Dawson
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2013
• EAN: 9780500241448
• ISBN: 978-0-500-24144-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 200 mm x 150 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 960 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; DESIGN / Graphic Arts / Typography, Typography, Typography & lettering, Typography and lettering