Providing an insight into the methods and effectiveness of creative typography, this book covers the key areas in which decorative typography has a role to play, from a simple Christmas card to complex commercial packaging. The typographic art forms included in the book are illuminated scripts, Art Nouveau and Art Deco decorative type, calligraphy and computerized typography. The author also wrote "Type and Colour", another title in the "Graphic Designer's Library" series.
- ISBN10 0714826014
- ISBN13 9780714826011
- Publish Date 8 March 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 December 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Phaidon Press Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 144
- Language English