Handmade Type Workshop: Tips, Tools & Techniques for Creating Custom Typography

Lettering is an essential starting point for anyone looking to communicate in a creative way. It is one of the most inspiring and versatile areas of graphic design and a field of constant innovation and reinvention.
With "Handmade Type Workshop" you can move beyond existing fonts to create, explore, and use original and customized letterforms. Tutorials, profiles, and inspirational showcases cover everything from creating 3D and illustrated fonts to installations, digital lettering, and photographing found type. Both classic and innovative designs are explored, from a range of works including editorial illustrations, posters, and radical conceptual alphabets.

About the author

Following her graduation from the London Institute (now University of the Arts London), Charlotte Rivers began her career at Graphics International magazine (now Grafik). She has since contributed to a number of international design magazines including Computer Arts Projects, Print, and Cent.

Product details

• Authors: Charlotte Rivers, Charlotte Rivers, Charlottes Rivers
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2011
• EAN: 9781440310379
• ISBN: 978-1-4403-1037-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Dimensions: 192 mm x 264 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 664 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design