Playing with Type 50 Graphic Experiments for Exploring Typographic Design Principles
Playing with Type: 50 Graphic Experiments for Exploring Typographic Design Principles by Lara McCormick is a hands-on guide published by Rockport Publishers in February 2013. This 192-page book offers a playful approach to understanding typographic design principles, emphasizing the importance of learning through experimentation and play.
Readers will find a series of experimental design projects that focus on type application, providing a toolkit of ideas and skills for designers. The book encourages awareness and sensitivity to various type styles and choices, aiming to enhance confidence in both personal and professional design work. Suitable for classroom use or independent study, this resource allows readers to engage directly with exercises that resonate with their interests.
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Playing with Type is a hands-on, playful approach to learning type application and principles. This engaging guide begins with an introduction to the philosophy of learning through the process of play. Along with a series of experimental design projects with an emphasis on type, the author provides designers with a “toolkit” of ideas and skills developed through the process of play. The awareness and sensitivity to type styles, forms, and type choices gained through these visual experiments will increase the designer’s confidence in their personal and professional work. This book can be used in the classroom or independently, and readers can go directly to exercises that appeal to them.
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