| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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text file |
| Series |
Playing |
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Playing.
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| Summary |
"Playing with Type is a hands-on, playful approach to learning type application and principles. This engaging guide begins with an introduction to the philosophy of learning through the process of play. Along with a series of experimental design projects with an emphasis on type, the author provides designers with a "toolkit" of ideas and skills developed through the process of play. The awareness and sensitivity to type styles, forms, and type choices gained through these visual experiments will increase the designer's confidence in their personal and professional work. This book can be used in the classroom or independently, and readers can go directly to exercises that appeal to them"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Type primer -- Glossary of type terms -- Letter and wordplay -- 1. Ransom Note -- 2. Type as Image -- 3. Type as Pattern and Texture -- 4. Typographic Pictures -- 5. Expressive Type -- 6. Descriptive Word Pairs -- 7. Drop Caps -- 8. Ampersands -- 9. Lucky Numbers -- 10. Manipulating Type -- 11. Ligature Monogram -- Project-based play -- 12. Homage to an Influential Typographer -- 13. Bauhaus Grid -- 14. All in the Family -- 15. Mixing Typefaces -- 16. Adding Flourishes -- 17. Script for Special Occasions -- 18. Using Found Type -- 19. Captivating Headlines -- 20. Type-Driven Logo -- 21. Branding with Type -- 22. Type in Motion -- 23. Six Word Story Alphabet play -- 24. Modular Type -- 25. Handwriting -- 26. Opposites Attract -- 27. 3-D Type -- 28. Found Letters in the Environment -- 29. ABCs -- 30. Type Specimen Poster -- Lettering play -- 31. Hand Lettering 101 -- 32. Pen-Written Origins of the Lowercase -- 33. Script Practice -- 34. Chalkboard Type -- 35. Signage, Part 1: Appreciation -- 36. Signage, Part 2: Letter Revival -- 37. Photo-Lettering -- Playing with context and application -- 38. Text in the City -- 39. Type Constructions, Part 1 -- 40. Type Constructions, Part 2 -- 41. Talking Objects -- 42. Food + Type -- 43. Helvetica Recontextualized -- 44. Giant Cross-Stitch Type -- 45. Daily Reminders -- Playing with type with friends -- 46. Fence Messaging -- 47. Love Letter -- 48. Betterpress -- 49. Light Up Your Type -- 50. Optimistic Words |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Graphic design (Typography)
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Arts graphiques. |
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Graphic design (Typography) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: McCormick, Lara. Playing with type. Beverly, Massachusetts : Rockport Publishers, 2013 9781592538171 (DLC) 2012030802 (OCoLC)808810646 |
| ISBN |
9781610587921 (electronic bk.) |
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1610587928 (electronic bk.) |
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(print bk.) |
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(print bk.) |
| Standard No. |
99953734203 |
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