How to Create and Use Decorative Type Book

Shows you how to embellish & 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 & their personalities & learn how to manipulate them to create a mood & image that is just right for your project. Then you begin to explore letter forms as abstract shapes, playing with letter size & spacing. Youll learn how to create more dynamic designs by bringing type alive through the use of color & texture. And youll learn how to give free-form expression & depth to words & text through the use of hand-drawn type. Color illus.

Shows how to create more dynamic designs by bringing type alive with color and texture, and how to give free-form expression and depth to words and text.