Stephen Boss

Gebundenes Buch

Digital Type Design for Branding

Designing Letters from Their Source

Beschreibung

The book will focus on the roots of each letterform and give the designers the knowledge of why weight variations (stress) exist and how to correctly apply them to their designs.

Autor

Stephen Boss began making letterforms as a child, using pencils, brushes and calligraphy pens; next, a mouse and Bezier points; and now a mixture of media when designing new fonts. While studying at the Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, in the days of hand rendering type, Stephen was fortunate to have Richard Isbell as his type instructor. Interested in developing typefaces with a unique vernacular, Stephen started Emboss Fonts in 1995. He has consulted on type design project for Fairchild, JP Morgan Chase, Bumble & Bunble and Osh Kosh. He has also worked on more traditional design projects for the UN, Pfizer, Verizon, Walt Disney, Bank of America and many more. His work has been internationally recognized in juried shows, and featured in such publications as Japan's Timing Zero, Publish Magazine, and mass HiTech. He recently coatuhored the book The New Web Typography by CRC Press/Chapman & Hall.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• Gewicht: 570g
• ISBN-13: 9780815365532
• ISBN-10: 0815365535
• Artikelnr.: 53447113