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Type Speaks

A Lexicon of Expressive, Emotional, and Symbolic Typefaces


  • Abrams (A&CB)
  • by Steven Heller, Gail Anderson
Type is the handwriting of the 21st century, lending its expressive voice to the language of all written communication. Type Speaks is the first book to explore type as a medium that conveys emotions, concepts, and ideas, filled with hundreds of new fonts available through digital foundries. Some exude joy, radiate serenity, or jangle the nerves; some sell or persuade or command or seduce.

ISBN 9781419738050 | E | HB
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Publisher Abrams (A&CB)
ISBN 9781419738050
Author(s) Steven Heller, Gail Anderson
Publication date March 2021
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 194 x 140 mm
Illustrations 250 col. & bw ill.
Pages 464
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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Type is the handwriting of the 21st century, lending its expressive voice to the language of all written communication. Type Speaks is the first book to explore type as a medium that conveys emotions, concepts, and ideas, filled with hundreds of new fonts available through digital foundries. Some exude joy, radiate serenity, or jangle the nerves; some sell or persuade or command or seduce. More than ever before, a great range of type choices, both conventional and unconventional, is available to graphic design professionals and nonprofessionals alike. In this new world, Type Speaks will be an essential reference for anyone crafting messages in words.