Книги по типографике, шрифтах и леттерингу

For some time in the distant past, hand-lettering used to be a highly-regarded skill to master and was ubiquitous via publications and public signages. Although society relies heavily on keyboards and screens for communication today, a growing number of creative practitioners have been busy reviving the seemingly-lost art in recent years, in a bid to return the sincerity and warmth of the human touch to our predominantly digital lives. Brimming with character, hand-lettering serves as the bridge between old-school calligraphy and modern typography to bring nuance back into an age of uniformity.

As an update of the original release in 2017, the ‘Handstyle Lettering’ 2022 edition rereleased in conjunction with Victionary’s 20th anniversary is a delightful showcase of artworks from around the world that are anything but unvaried. With an additional selection of new projects, the book also features insightful interviews from the best calligraphers as well as an expanded, beginner-friendly guide/practice area.

Typeface is one of the greatest designs, enjoying a supreme reputation in graphic communication. For every graphic designer, typeface design and application is an everlasting pursuit.

This book strives to display and interpret typeface designs along with interviews with various designers. To understand the development and application of typeface and to lead readers into the world of typeface, this book has invited designers, including Aaron Nieh and Zhihong Wang from Taiwan, Panos Vassiliou from Greece, Rodrigo Saiani from Brazil, Benoit Bodhuin from France and so forth, to share their insights into typeface.

1. A display and interpretation of a large number of excellent typeface designs
2. Interviews with renowned designers talking about typeface design and its application
3. Accompanied by a typeface guide with great practicability

A graphic compendium of vintage American design and typography.

Junk Type is a project driven by the passion of one man to document a disappearing aspect of American culture. Bill Rose — aka Recapturist — is a photographer and designer who has spent the last decade traveling across America looking for junkyards, yard sales, antique stores, and other unlikely sources of inspiration to capture examples of postwar American typography and design before they’re lost forever.

Bringing together more than 400 images, this invaluable book is a visual history of postwar America, told through the distinct typography, icons, badges, and branding of the country’s industrial heritage. From Art Deco-inspired fonts and unique handmade cursive lettering to illustrated insignia and clean graphic logos bearing the influence of European design of the 1960s, these pictures together represent an encyclopedic reference of creative typefaces and graphics.

With each photograph representing just a detail — an embossed logo, a specially created icon, or an advertising slogan — this book captures the optimism and pragmatism of a golden age of American industrial creativity and distills it into a charming resource for anyone with an eye (or nostalgia) for vintage design.

About the Author:

Bill Rose is a photographer who documents vintage Americana through his successful website Recapturist. Based in Minneapolis, he travels the country and specializes in neon signs and the typography and logo design of vintage American industrial objects.

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A classic and essential text for designers since 2009, Layout Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Using Grids just got better with a fresh exploration of its design principles, updated text, and new photos and international graphics. 

Grids are the basis for all design projects, and learning how to work with them is fundamental for all graphic designers. From working with multi-column formats to using type, colour, images, and more, Layout Essentials not only demonstrates, using real-world examples, how to use grids effectively but shows you how to break the rules to use them effectively, too.

This revised and updated version of Layout Essentials is your one-stop reference and resource for all layout design projects.

The author:

Beth Tondreau is the founder and principal of BTD, a small design firm that works with publishers to design books and book jackets and small businesses to develop their identities. She currently teaches in the Communication Design Department of New York City College of Technology in New York. Tondreau has been involved as a mentor in the AIGA/NY Mentoring Program and has served on the board of directors of AIGA/NYC. 

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_Method by specialist in the field
_Development of new idea of handwriting
_To find own way and own set of rules after understanding how it works
_Eight chapters with practical exercises to be done in the book

Although handwriting is one of mankind’s greatest cultural achievements, written communication today consists mostly of typing into computers and mobile devices. Monica Dengo addresses herself to all those who don’t even use pen and paper for their shopping list, but would like to try using them (again).

This book discovers and promotes the creative potential of handwriting – and allows to put it into practice right away on the pages of the book. Well-founded and very colorful, inspiring and yet structured: in the end, there is the joy of expressing oneself with a personal touch and the understanding that writing is much more than just the graphic transcription of language extending all the way to the origin of the need for expression.

This is not just another lettering book. At present, this art has been performed for several decades. It enjoys a high level of popularity due to the possibilities, uses, and techniques that give you the opportunity to experience, play, and enjoy while you create. There are more people now than ever who understand its potential and are dedicated to making “letters” full of beauty and individual style.

Following the hand of authentic masters of the art of lettering from around the world, you can enter into their fascinating worlds full of unique letters and learn their techniques, tips and tricks from each artist.

Lettering is the art of “drawing” letters or words, highlighting their imperfections and free style

This technique, which has been in use for several decades, is currently enjoying wide popularity thanks to its many talented exponents worldwide, including Tobias Hall, Craig Black, Martina Flor, Ivan Castro, Betrayer Family, Tobias Saul, Sergio Jiménez and others. We can find Lettering decorating the interiors of bars and restaurants, the windows displays of top stores, advertising campaigns etc.   

The book is divided into two parts; in the first half each artist has selected examples of their work and discussed their influences and early career, while in the second half each of them provides a new piece of work, talking us through the creative and production process, step by step, from the initial idea and sketch, explaining how the dimensions were worked out and the letters combined to ultimately form a harmonious message.    

This is a complete book for all lovers of the art, and those who want to take a glance at the wonderful world of Lettering.

The definitive typographic exploration of the letter forms and typography of one of Europe’s leading design studios

Letters from M/M (Paris) is a comprehensive study of the typefaces produced by Michaël Amzalag and Mathias Augustyniak since they founded their influential art and design practice, M/M (Paris).

For the first time, ninety of the designers’ typefaces are catalogued chronologically in a three-part volume, comprising the history of their development; exclusive type specimens; and detailed illustrations of projects in which they appear.

With a foreword by Björk – whose collaboration with M/M spans over two decades – this encyclopaedic volume traces the distinctive and integral nature of type, lettering and signs in the work of M/M, from one-off artistic commissions to fashion branding and their long-lasting collaborations with musicians and theatres.

This complete typographic collection is the perfect companion to the two-volume monograph M to M of M/M (Paris), and will appeal not only to graphic designers, historians and students, but to anyone interested in art and visual culture.

About the Author:

Paul McNeil is a graphic designer, writer and educator, and was formerly Course Director of MA Contemporary Typographic Media at the London College of Communication. In 2009 he co-founded MuirMcNeil with Hamish Muir, a design practice whose activities are focused on exploring systematic methods in design for visual communication. Seven years in the making, The Visual History of Type, McNeil's definitive survey of type and typography from 1450-2015, was published in 2017.

Learn how to create beautiful, hand-lettered stationery, art and other decorations with Modern Calligraphy Workshop, a sophisticated, interactive book full of exquisite sample alphabets, fun exercises and simple step-by-step projects. From modern calligraphy in ink to hand lettering in chalk on blackboard and brush lettering in paint, you will discover a variety of ingenious ways to turn words and letters into projects that can be given as gifts, sent as snail mail or used within your home decor.

Among other things, you will learn how to create eyecatching letterforms, embellish with swirls and flourishes, free-brush letters on canvas, make your own chalkboard, decorate jars or ceramics and digitize your work for printing. Along the way, you will find plenty of inspiration and helpful tips to encourage and educate you in your creative lettering journey, as well as numerous open practice pages to help you develop your own lettering style.

With practical projects suitable for all sorts of celebrations, from engagements and weddings to baby showers, Modern Calligraphy Workshopwill give you the inspiration as well as the skills to turn your everyday handwriting into an enviable artwork.

About the Author:

Imogen Owen runs her letterpress and lettering studio of the same name in Leicestershire. Having fallen in love with letterpress at Camberwell College of Arts, she set up her own studio designing and printing letterpress stationery, which she sells worldwide. Imogen then went on to teach the first modern calligraphy workshops in the UK and her courses continue to sell out.

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Turn your everyday handwriting into enviable artwork with this helpful, interactive guide. Filled with sample alphabets, lettering exercises, and fun step-by-step projects, it covers a wide range of calligraphy techniques from modern calligraphy in ink to hand lettering with chalk and and brush lettering with paint. Modern Calligraphy Workshop will give you the inspiration and the tools you need to send beautiful letters and invitations, create vintage-inspired sign art, display your favorite inspirational quote, and even decorate ceramics and other household objects, all while having fun and developing your own unique style.

Beautifully illustrated with a covetable rose gold foil cover, Modern Calligraphy is a step-by-step workbook for those wanting to learn this super trendy form of lettering.

Written by Lucy Edmonds, the founder of Quill London, the book will guide readers through the first steps of pointed pen calligraphy, encouraging you to spend an hour a week developing and practicing the new skill. Designed for complete beginners, the book offers tips, tricks and techniques on the materials required and how to use them properly, how to approach the modern calligraphy letterforms, and most importantly explores ways to develop our own modern calligraphy style. You’ll learn about inks and how to make your own, brush calligraphy, and what you can do with your new skill – from envelope addressing and event stationery to beautiful dinner party menus and gift tags.

About the Author:

Lucy Edmonds is the founder of Quill London and heads up its Modern Calligraphy studio. Quill London was the first to host Modern Calligraphy workshops in London, and has been at the forefront of the modern calligraphy trend, having seen thousands of students through its classes since 2012. Lucy's contemporary lettering style has been sought after by fashion, lifestyle brands and individuals alike, and she has worked on projects for M&S, Gucci, Ted Baker, Boden, Aesop and Radley to name a few.

Modern Calligraphy: The Workbook is a guide to the popular craft of calligraphy.

Starting with a lettering warm-up, Imogen Owen begins with the basics as she takes you through all the key steps to improve your skills.

With Imogen's careful guidance, practise your technique and build on your confidence as your work through the exercises – there is lots of space in the book as well as links to printable templates.

Modern Calligraphy: The Workbook is a companion book to Modern Calligraphy Workshop: The Creative Art of Pen, Brush and Chalk Lettering.

About the Author:

Imogen Owen runs her letterpress and lettering studio of the same name in Leicestershire. Having fallen in love with letterpress at Camberwell College of Arts, she set up her own studio designing and printing letterpress stationery, which she sells worldwide. Imogen then went on to teach the first modern calligraphy workshops in the UK and her courses continue to sell out.

Since the end of the 19th century, our aesthetics have been challenged by various avant-garde artistic ideas, especially astounded by the chaotic visuals. But there are many more stories behind the chaos in art. This book digs into chaotic art heritage in human history, and features the most exciting graphic designs distinguished with chaotic styles, which have been broken down into four different approaches: distortion, redundancy, diversity, and randomness. As a tribute to the chaotic art refined by the courageous predecessors, as well as an applause to the chaotic visuals nourished by our contemporary designers, it serves as a bridge between artistic ideals and graphic communication, between puzzled readers and expressive designers.

In the world of typography, it is not uncommon to see combinations of serif and sans serif typefaces in the same design. However, it takes skill to combine them in order to avoid tension and clashes, and ensure maximum readability of the text in the design.

From font weights to classifications, each font has its own distinct personality, and should be carefully paired to convey the right tone and mood of the design. Featuring a selection of type specimens and their design applications, Sans In Use collates the best combinations of the two typeface categories and serves as a reference point for inspiration-seeking designers and typographers.

In the world of typography, it is not uncommon to see combinations of serif and sans serif typefaces in the same design. However, it takes skill to combine them in order to avoid tension and clashes, and ensure maximum readability of the text in the design.

From font weights to classifications, each font has its own distinct personality, and should be carefully paired to convey the right tone and mood of the design. Featuring a selection of type specimens and their design applications, Serif In Use collates the best combinations of the two typeface categories and serves as a reference point for inspiration-seeking designers and typographers.

This book introduces the fundamentals of sign painting, allowing readers to learn about the tools, materials and techniques needed to create painted signs. All the basics are covered, from choosing and using brushes, paints, mahl sticks, dippers and pencils, to how to prepare and finish surfaces, transfer designs, mix paint and work with the brush. A gallery section of original alphabets, created for the book by sign painters around the world, provides visual inspiration and demonstrates a wide variety of styles and approaches.

About the Author:

Mike Meyer is a sign painter from Minnesota who is widely recognized as one of the masters of the craft. Together with Spain-based sign painting expert Sam Roberts, Mike runs Better Letters, which promotes sign painting internationally through workshops and educational activities.

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