The Resource The typographic universe : letterforms found in nature, the built world and human imagination, Steven Heller & Gail Anderson
The typographic universe : letterforms found in nature, the built world and human imagination, Steven Heller & Gail Anderson
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- Summary
- A celebration of the world of letters found or created in unexpected places: natural, artificial, and urban alike. Even non-graphic designers know that type is everywhere: fonts and typefaces fill everything we consume or inhabit. They communicate, inform, sell, explain ... and yet finding serendipitous letterforms in the least likely locations can also excite and inspire. Once experienced, it is impossible not to see letters in anything from forests to housing projects, from leaves to brickwork. The eye becomes accustomed to seeing a world built of letters. Unlike most books on typography that present the "best"; and most refined examples, the object here is to reveal the "lost" or "unseen" typographies in nature and our cities. From machine-made and sculptural forms to flora and fauna, from the fading ghost types on buildings from a pre-digital age to the subterranean forms found beneath our urban centers, from crowd-sourced creations to the popular vernacular, there is a universe of letterforms all around us.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Contents
-
- Objectified type
- Bodily type
- Edible type
- Industrial type
- Outdoor type
- Sculptural type
- Elemental type
- Floral type
- Animal type
- Ghost type
- Isbn
- 9780500241455
- Label
- The typographic universe : letterforms found in nature, the built world and human imagination
- Title
- The typographic universe
- Title remainder
- letterforms found in nature, the built world and human imagination
- Statement of responsibility
- Steven Heller & Gail Anderson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A celebration of the world of letters found or created in unexpected places: natural, artificial, and urban alike. Even non-graphic designers know that type is everywhere: fonts and typefaces fill everything we consume or inhabit. They communicate, inform, sell, explain ... and yet finding serendipitous letterforms in the least likely locations can also excite and inspire. Once experienced, it is impossible not to see letters in anything from forests to housing projects, from leaves to brickwork. The eye becomes accustomed to seeing a world built of letters. Unlike most books on typography that present the "best"; and most refined examples, the object here is to reveal the "lost" or "unseen" typographies in nature and our cities. From machine-made and sculptural forms to flora and fauna, from the fading ghost types on buildings from a pre-digital age to the subterranean forms found beneath our urban centers, from crowd-sourced creations to the popular vernacular, there is a universe of letterforms all around us.--
- Assigning source
- Source other than Library of Congress
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Heller, Steven
- Dewey number
- 745.4
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- NK3600
- LC item number
- .H256 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Anderson, Gail
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Lettering in art
- Alphabet in art
- Graphic design (Typography)
- Lettering
- Graphic design (Typography)
- Lettering
- Lettering in art
- Lettrage
- Arts graphiques
- Typographie
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The typographic universe : letterforms found in nature, the built world and human imagination, Steven Heller & Gail Anderson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 348)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Objectified type -- Bodily type -- Edible type -- Industrial type -- Outdoor type -- Sculptural type -- Elemental type -- Floral type -- Animal type -- Ghost type
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500241455
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014930119
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)881214648
- (OCoLC)ocn881214648
- Label
- The typographic universe : letterforms found in nature, the built world and human imagination, Steven Heller & Gail Anderson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 348)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Objectified type -- Bodily type -- Edible type -- Industrial type -- Outdoor type -- Sculptural type -- Elemental type -- Floral type -- Animal type -- Ghost type
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 351 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500241455
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2014930119
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)881214648
- (OCoLC)ocn881214648
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