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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Publisher Weekly Review     More Content       More by this author     Ashiya, Kuniichi, 1994-     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Ashiya, Kuniichi, 1994-       by title:      What the font?! : a ...      Tonari no Helvetica....       by call number:      686.224 A825w     Search the Web     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- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   J. D. Shatford Memorial Public Library Young Adult Graphic Nonfiction 686.224 A825w Ya Books Checked out Jul 18, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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