DSPR12B - PRINT FUNDAMENTALS - TASK 1 : CUVCRS05A
Typography: is the art and technique of composing printed materials from type. http://www.ackland.org/tours/classes/glossary.html
Book: "Great Type & Lettering Designs" by David Brier - Ithaca Campus Library - Z250.g73, 1992.
Brier has compiled a broad spectrum resource book for type and lettering designs, featuring many artists and their use of concepts and compositional elements in their unique and varied designs. He takes you through a visual feast of typeface and graphics from the style of Art Nouveau to the cover of the Rolling Stone! This book is inspiratonal and an excellent example of how to use type successfully with emphasis given to the powerful use of images and lettering by the Graphic Designer.
Magazine: "Computer Arts" June 2005 - Ithaca Campus LibraryN7433.8.C65
The Ithaca Tafe Library has some extremely useful magazines dedicated to tips, short-cuts, and THE HOW TO in Graphic Arts. One magazine: "Computer Arts" June 2005 has some great featured artists and step-by-step guides on how to achieve similar compositions using visual effects in conjunction with exciting new and existing fonts and the tools to maniplate them for your own personal design. This mag also supplies the reader with a CD jam-packed full of Resources, Demos, Plug-ins and the FULL PRODUCT - NetObjects Fusion 7 (PC). In addition, you can download the Photoshop CS2 30-Day Trial for MAC & PC!!!
One artist featured in the Computer Arts June edition 2005 is Richard Kegler and his Typeface - Constructivist - www.p22.com
Kegler is the founding partner of the P22 type foudry beginning in 1994. His background in typography led him to explore the fields of letterpress printing and bookbinding but his passion for type shaped the evolution of P22.
