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Ashiya, Kuniichi, 1994-
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Graphic design (Typography) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Type and type-founding -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Type and type-founding -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
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Ashiya, Kuniichi, 1994-
Graphic design (Typography) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Type and type-founding -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Type and type-founding -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
MARC Display
What the font?! : a
manga
guide
to
Western
typeface
/ written & illustrated by Kuniichi Ashiya ; editorial supervision, Masayuki Yamamoto ; translated by Jocelyne Allen.
by
Ashiya, Kuniichi, 1994-
Seven Seas Entertainment, 2020.
Call #:
686.224 A825w
Subjects
Graphic design (Typography) -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Type and type-founding -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Type and type-founding -- History -- Comic books, strips, etc.
ISBN:
9781645056393 (pbk.)
Uniform title:
Tonari no Helvetica. English
Alternate title:
Manga
guide
to
Western
typeface
Edition:
English ed.
Description:
215 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
"First published in Japan in 2019 by Fine Art, Inc., Tokyo."--Colophon.
Reads from right to left.
Translated from the Japanese.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical resources (pages 214-215).
Contents:
Prologue -- Main elements of
Western
type -- Part 1 : sans serif types. Character introduction (1) -- Helvetica -- Futura -- Gill sans -- Arial -- Franklin gothic, impact -- Frutiger, DIN -- Optima -- Gotham -- Sans serif notes/examples -- Part 2 : roman types. Character introduction (2) -- Caslon -- Garamond -- Times new roman -- Bodoni, didoni -- Clarendon -- Rockwell -- Centaur, jenson -- Part 3 : other styles - script, display, blackletter. Character introductoin (3) -- Script fonts. Zapfino, mistral -- Comic sans -- Display fonts. Trajan -- Peignot -- Blackletter fonts. Fette Fraktur -- Other styles notes/examples -- Epilogue -- Font Q&A. What's the difference between "font" and "
typeface
"? -- When did
Western
fonts originate? -- Chronological list of
typeface
appearances -- Author's afterword.
Summary:
"When the designer in a small production company disappears, Marusu is forced to take over the job of creating logos. Unfortunately, Marusu is a sales rep who doesn't know the first thing about fonts. Luckily, Helvetica, the personification of that font, appears to
guide
Marusu into the world of
typeface
and design. Learn about typography in this fun
manga
story with anthropomorphic fonts as your
guide
!"--From publisher.
Audience:
Rated: All ages (10+).
Genre:
Graphic novels.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Manga
non-fiction.
Other authors:
Yamamoto, Masayuki, 1967-
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J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library
Young Adult Graphic Nonfiction
686.224 A825w
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