Type Selector
The User-Friendly Font Swatch
Michael Wörgötter
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A user-friendly font swatch: an invaluable reference tool for anyone working in advertising, design or publishing
‘A one-stop font comparer …
an inspired desk prop’ | | – Grafik |
| ‘An extremely useful tool that should be in every design studio forming part of the essential everyday designer’s toolkit’ | | – 200 by 200 ezine |
If you’re familiar with the Pantone® colour guide and can’t imagine working without it, have you ever wondered why there’s no equivalent tool for fonts and typefaces? Well now there is. This clever new guide contains 226 fonts from all the major type libraries in well over 1,000 typefaces. Its utility and careful design make it both the ideal power tool for day-to-day design work and the perfect designer gift.
• Simple yet ingenious: combines the qualities of a type samples book with the attractions of a colour sampler
• The fonts range from classics to newcomers, from Baskerville, Bodoni and Jansen to Auto, Farnham Text and Ginger
• Passages of blind text enable the user to assess the overall appearance and characteristic style of the font
• Fonts are grouped in six categories: Serif; Slab Serif; Sans Serif; Script; Black Letter; and Display
• Includes a complete index of faces and information on suppliers
USA customers: please note that this title is also available online from our USA website
Also of interest:
Sans Serif: The Ultimate Sourcebook of
Classic and Contemporary Sans Serif Typography
Creative Type: A Sourcebook of
Classic and Contemporary Letterforms
Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500241368 | | ISBN-13 978-0500241363 | | | | 5.0 x 21.0 cm | | Undefined | | 240pp | | 226 fonts in over 1000 typefaces in 6 special colours | | First published 2006 | | | | £29.95 Includes UK VAT | | | |  | | | | 
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