How to Create and Use Decorative Type

Shows you how to embellish and enhance typography to create an individual touch of style that reinforces your message. A mastery of this difficult skill will enhance your graphic design. You start with an overview of typefaces and their personalities and learn how to manipulate them to create a mood and image that is just right for your project. Then you begin to explore letter forms as abstract shapes, playing with letter size and spacing. You'll learn how to create more dynamic designs by bringing type alive through the use of color and texture. And you'll learn how to give free-form expression and depth to words and text through the use of hand-drawn type. Color illus.Gordon, Maggie is the author of 'How to Create and Use Decorative Type' with ISBN 9780891343295 and ISBN 0891343296.