Typography for the people : hand-painted signs from around the world

Author

• Bellon, Daniel

Additional Author(s)

• Bellon, Klaus

Publisher

Ontario, Canada: HOW Books, 2010

Language

English

ISBN

9781600614644

Series

Subject(s)

• PAINTED SIGNS AND SIGNBOARDS
• SIGNS AND SIGNBOARDS

Notes

• CD-ROM : 00049/17

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Abstract

Designers Daniel and Klaus Bellon have been photographing street signage around the world for more than 17 years. This book celebrates their love of typography, and highlights the beauty of type in its truest form; not as a profession but as a necessity of everyday life. The images captured here are at times humorous, unexpected and even charming. But for those who understand the rules that are being broken, these explorations of type design are refreshing and inspiring. Type images were collected from countries around the world, including the United States, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Belize, Canada, Colombia, Venezuela, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, and Malaysia.--Publisher description.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

viii, 198 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Foreword: Innocent messages / Don Moyer --
By the people, for the people / Daniel Bellon --
Design and non-design practitioners / Klaus Bellon --
This way: arrows and directional signage --
Open for business: advertising and business signage --
Numbers: prices, phone numbers and other numeric symbols --
Pay attention: someone is trying to tell you something --
F.Y.I.: when a few words just aren't enough --
Fonts.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00048/17	760 Bel T	Library - 7th Floor	Available