Digital fonts : [Book] : the complete guide to creating, marketing and selling / Alec Julien.

By:

Julien, Alec

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Thames & Hudson, World of artPublication details: London : Thames & Hudson Ltd. ;, 2012.Description: 208 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9780500290460 (paperback)
0500290466 (pbk.) :

Subject(s):

Type and type-founding

DDC classification:

686.224 23

Other classification:

686.224

Summary: Packed with step-by-step tutorials and interviews with professional font designers, "Digital Fonts" is a comprehensive and practical guide that explores every aspect of the font creation process, covering everything from sketching initial letterforms to mastering the font creation software packages Fontlab and Fontographer. Significantly, this book is also the first of its kind to address the important issue of how designers can best market and sell their fonts, and includes advice on copywriting and working with foundries, as well as how designers can set up their own foundries. Throughout the book, screen grabs and illustrated diagrams accompany clear and accessible text, clarifying each part of every process and arming readers with all the essential information they need. Interviews with professional font designers and foundry owners provide an insight into their working processes, while accompanying portfolios demonstrate a wide range of inspirational font styles.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad Ground Floor	686.224 JUL-D (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		54494

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Packed with step-by-step tutorials and interviews with professional font designers, "Digital Fonts" is a comprehensive and practical guide that explores every aspect of the font creation process, covering everything from sketching initial letterforms to mastering the font creation software packages Fontlab and Fontographer. Significantly, this book is also the first of its kind to address the important issue of how designers can best market and sell their fonts, and includes advice on copywriting and working with foundries, as well as how designers can set up their own foundries. Throughout the book, screen grabs and illustrated diagrams accompany clear and accessible text, clarifying each part of every process and arming readers with all the essential information they need. Interviews with professional font designers and foundry owners provide an insight into their working processes, while accompanying portfolios demonstrate a wide range of inspirational font styles.

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