內容簡介
內容簡介 原始荷蘭版獲得2010年德國紅點設計大獎。這個社會化媒體時代，每個人都在寫部落格，寫臉書，都須要透過美觀的版面來博得關注與喜愛，因此，每個人都是設計師，所以，如何讓電腦協助自己找到或設計出最佳字體，成為當務之急，也是這本書廣受歡迎的主要原因。全書檢查字母的形式，分析每一個字母的結構，標點符號和特殊字符，書中探討過150的字樣，它們的起源，和字體的特點，就算你沒有任何美術設計的基礎，也能從這本書找到相當規模、和可選說明的字體，包括字體有襯線、無襯線的比較，本書都有完整分析。無論你是自學須要的美術設計專業，還是從事相關印刷、設計專業人士，這都是一本書架上不能或缺的重要書籍。The anatomy of letters. Everything you could ever want to know about printing letters and numbers. Looking back as far as man's first efforts to communicate with visual signs and drawings, Letter Fountain is a completely unique typeface handbook: in addition to examining the form and anatomy of every letter in the alphabet (as well as punctuation marks and special characters), the book cross-references type designs with important works of art and art movements from Gutenberg's times until today. Further attention is given to the esthetics of the digital age and the choice of the right typeface for a job. Rounding out the guide are an in-depth comparison between sans-serif and serif typefaces, an essay about measuring systems and indications. advice about typographic rules, plus a manual for developing digital fonts. Over 150 typefaces, their origins, and font characteristics are discussed in detail, visually explained by full page tables including scale, weight, and useful alternatives. The extensive appendix contains a general index, a typeface index (more than 300 are depicted in the book), an index of over 250 type designers, an exhaustive index of type foundries, a graphical dictionary, and a bibliography for further reading. The original Dutch edition Letterfontein received a Certificate for Typographic Excellence from Type Directors Club New York (TDC) in 2010, and a red-dot design award from the Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
