Playful Type prezentuje inspirujaca kolekcje illustrowanych czcionek i recznie wykonanej typografii stworzonej przy uzyciu rozmaitych metod. Ksiazka przedstawia najnowsze osiagniecia w dziedzinnie typografii.
Graphic designers have always developed and designed new fonts for
application in individual projects. Playful Type discovers a new and
young generation of designers who are applying typography beyond the
classical typeset and creating a dynamic range of playful and
illustrative fonts and ephemeral lettering.
Playful Type examines how designers today are creating typography
with the aid of a multitude of different techniques. From manual
lettering, calligraphy and collage to manipulative time exposure of
photographs, designers are developing fonts for the moment which are
irregular and often accidental. Blocks of ice are even being staged as
real characters and paper cut forms and shadows metamorphose into
letters and spatial installations. This book shows such cutting-edge
examples of elusive scripts that are being translated into serially
employable alphabets to be used digitally with the computer.
Playful Type presents an inspiring collection of illustrative fonts
and hand-made typography created from a variety of cutting-edge
approaches and indicates current development in font design.
