Indie Type

Typefaces and Creative Font Application in Design

Shaoqiang Wang

This book includes a series of typefaces selected by their innovative, aesthetic, or adaptable approach, including a representation of their use in different international projects. It also features a series of interviews to 5 representative typeface designers who provide an account of the creative process behind designing a typeface, how it was created, and how it displays in design. This book will serve as an inspiration for those who are interested in font design and want to create something new. This book would probably be the best way for them to get inspired.

About the Author

Wang Shaoqiang is a professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, where he is dean of the design, visualization and animation department. He is a prolific editor, whose focus on international design, architecture, branding, communication, trends and culture, and the editor of Design 360 magazine and Asia-Pacific Design. He has been invited to lecture at numerous universities, design academies and organizations, and he has also been a jury member for China's most prestigious design and illustration awards.

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