Drawing Type

Drawing Type

by Alex Fowkes
Released April 2014
Publisher(s): Rockport Publishers
ISBN: 9781627880503

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Book description

Part inspiration and part workbook, the images of hand-drawn type will inspire and excite any designer to draw and explore type. Drawing Type features real-world projects and sketchbooks of well-known type designers, including interviews about their processes.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. CONTENTS
  4. INTRODUCTION
  5. ALEX FOWKES, MAMMOTH TYPE INSTALLATION
  6. SECTION 1: INSPIRATION & INTERVIEWS
    1. CHAPTER 1: HAND RENDERED
      1. MATTHEW TAPIA
      2. OPERA78, FIODOR SUMKIN
      3. PANCO SASSANO
      4. COMING SOON, JIM VAN RAEMDONCK
      5. SÉRGIO BERGOCCE
      6. LEANDRO SENNA
      7. SARAH A. KING
      8. JORDI RINS
      9. STEPH SAYS HELLO, STEPHANIE BAXTER
      10. SIGN-FIDELITY, CARL FREDRIK ANGELL
      11. STUDIO AIRPORT
      12. Y&G
      13. JACKSON ALVES
      14. EMMA DYSON
      15. GINGER MONKEY, TOM LANE
      16. HOM SWEET HOM, LAUREN HOM
      17. ANDY SMITH
      18. JEFF ROGERS
      19. NATE WILLIAMS
    2. CHAPTER 2: VINTAGE TWIST
      1. DAN GRETTA
      2. NEIL BEECH
      3. XESTA STUDIO, HUGO MOURA
      4. JOEL FELIX
      5. BEST DRESSED SIGNS
      6. JILL DE HAAN
      7. JON CONTINO (1/2)
      8. JON CONTINO (2/2)
      9. SEB LESTER
      10. COFFEE MADE ME DO IT, SIMON ÅLANDER
      11. OZAN KARAKOC
      12. TOMASZ BIERNAT
      13. MARTIN SCHMETZER
      14. JASON CARNE (1/2)
      15. JASON CARNE (2/2)
      16. AARON VON FRETER
      17. SIMON WALKER
      18. GEORGIA HILL
      19. NO ENTRY DESIGN (1/2)
      20. NO ENTRY DESIGN (2/2)
    3. CHAPTER 3: PLAYFUL TYPE
      1. PAUL THURLBY
      2. DANIELLE IS HERE
      3. LINZIE HUNTER
      4. TOBIAS HALL
      5. MARY KATE MCDEVITT
      6. CHRIS PIASCIK
      7. DINARA MIRTALIPOVA
      8. ASHLEY HOHNSTEIN
      9. FRANCESCO POROLI
      10. C86, MATT LYON
      11. STEVE SIMPSON
      12. ALEJANDRO GIRALDO
      13. TIMBA SMITS (1/2)
      14. TIMBA SMITS (2/2)
      15. SAMUEL JACQUES
      16. DESIGN REFORM COUNCIL, JACKKRIT ANANTAKUL
      17. CAROLYN SEWELL
      18. WASTE STUDIO, NORMAN HAYES
      19. MWM GRAPHICS, MATT W. MOORE
      20. VAULT49
    4. CHAPTER 4: CONTEMPORARY TYPE
      1. GIULIA SANTOPADRE
      2. BEN JOHNSTON
      3. CORY SAY
      4. JUANA LAXAGUE AND VALERIA RUIZ-SCHULZE
      5. RYAN FEERER
      6. CHRISTOPHER VINCA
      7. I LOVE DUST
      8. KENDRICK KIDD
      9. DANI LOUREIRO
      10. VELCROSUIT, ADAM HILL
      11. ANDRÉ BEATO
      12. ALLISON CRUZADO
      13. JOLUVIAN
      14. JAMES T. EDMONSON
      15. THIRD HALF DESIGN, CHAD MANN
      16. LUKE LUCAS
      17. JORDAN METCALF
      18. CONTRIBUTORS
  7. SECTION 2: DRAWING TYPE
    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. TYPE CATEGORIES
    3. LETTERFORM ANATOMY
    4. TOOLS
    5. METHOD
    6. EXERCISES (1/2)
    7. EXERCISES (2/2)
    8. SPECIMEN SHEETS (1/4)
    9. SPECIMEN SHEETS (2/4)
    10. SPECIMEN SHEETS (3/4)
    11. SPECIMEN SHEETS (4/4)

Product information

  • Title: Drawing Type
  • Author(s): Alex Fowkes
  • Release date: April 2014
  • Publisher(s): Rockport Publishers
  • ISBN: 9781627880503