Hand to Type: Scripts, Hand-Lettering and Calligraphy
By Unknown Author.
Description
Although, or perhaps because, most of us write less and less by hand, our fascination for handwritten letterforms is growing. Typeface designers who specialize in traditional, charming, or spectacular lettering with a handmade look have become role models for today’s young typographers and graphic design students. Script fonts―digital type families based on handwriting―are among the most sought on the typography market today. Scripts from the past, be it 18th-century formal calligraphy or advertising headlines from the 1960s, are being digitized and turned into OpenType programming. T...
ISBN(s)
3899554493, 9783899554496
