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Faces on the Edge: Type in the Digital Age
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication date May 1, 1997
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780471287612
ISBN-10 047128761X
Dimensions 0.25 by 7.25 by 10.25 in.
Weight 0.80 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $29.95
§As reported by publisher
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Amazon.com description: Product Description: Steven Heller and Anne Fink Designed by Michael Ian Kaye Faces on the Edge Type in the Digital Age More than any other graphic medium, today’s fontography mirrors the traditions, eccentricities, and trends of modern society. Faces on the Edge, by prominent art director and author Steven Heller, is a spellbinding survey of the revolutionary effects of digital type design on 20th-century typography. More than 200 typefaces, from the classically inspired to the exuberantly (near) illegible, are featured in this compilation, illustrating how new technologies have dramatically increased the possibilities of type design. Included are typefaces from many of the world’s most innovative type foundries, such as Emigre Fonts, FontShop International, Garage Fonts, Thirst Fonts, Exploding Fonts, and T-26, and represents some of the finest type designers such as Zuzana Licko, Rudy VanderLans, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Ed Fella, and Barry Deck. The Typefaces are Organized into Six Kinds of Fontography: Rebirths and Revivals • Greeking Roman • Digital Carvings Off the Wall • Optical Delusions • Lots O’ Laffs Typefaces are identified by date, designer, and foundry; a brief description text places each in the larger context of digital type history. With useful information on how to obtain and apply each typeface, Faces on the Edge is an indispensable resource for graphic designers, desktop designers, and students alike. Over 200 illustrations in color and black and white document the real-life application of these inventive typefaces in popular magazines, advertising, posters, and multimedia. Faces on the Edge is a vivid, timely account of what is undeniably a significant era of type design.

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Paperback
Book cover for 9780442022549 Book cover for 9780471287612
 
With Martin Dugard, Bill O\'Reilly, Fink Anne, Anne Fink | from Van Nostrand Reinhold (May 1, 1997)
9780442022549 | details & prices | 131 pages | 7.25 × 10.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $29.95
This edition also contains Bill O'reilly's History Collection
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from John Wiley & Sons Inc (May 1, 1997)
9780471287612 | details & prices | 7.25 × 10.25 × 0.25 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Steven Heller and Anne Fink Designed by Michael Ian Kaye Faces on the Edge Type in the Digital Age More than any other graphic medium, today’s fontography mirrors the traditions, eccentricities, and trends of modern society.

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