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001 2014930119
003 DLC
005 20150825141852.0
008 140103s2014 enka e b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2014930119
020 $a9780500241455 (hardback)
020 $a0500241457 (hardback)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn885020013
040 $aAU@$beng$erda$cAU@$dOCLCO$dOCLCQ$dBDX$dYDXCP$dUAB$dAMH$dIAD$dOCLCF$dOCL$dORU$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aNK3600$b.H256 2014
082 04 $a745.4$223
100 1 $aHeller, Steven,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe typographic universe :$bletterforms found in nature, the built world and human imagination /$cSteven Heller & Gail Anderson.
264 1 $aNew York, New York :$bThames & Hudson Inc.,$c2014.
300 $a351 pages :$bcolor illustrations ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 348).
505 0 $aObjectified type -- Bodily type -- Edible type -- Industrial type -- Outdoor type -- Sculptural type -- Elemental type -- Floral type -- Animal type -- Ghost type.
520 $aA celebration of the world of letters found or created in unexpected places: natural, artificial, and urban alike. Even non-graphic designers know that type is everywhere: fonts and typefaces fill everything we consume or inhabit. They communicate, inform, sell, explain ... and yet finding serendipitous letterforms in the least likely locations can also excite and inspire. Once experienced, it is impossible not to see letters in anything from forests to housing projects, from leaves to brickwork. The eye becomes accustomed to seeing a world built of letters. Unlike most books on typography that present the "best"; and most refined examples, the object here is to reveal the "lost" or "unseen" typographies in nature and our cities. From machine-made and sculptural forms to flora and fauna, from the fading ghost types on buildings from a pre-digital age to the subterranean forms found beneath our urban centers, from crowd-sourced creations to the popular vernacular, there is a universe of letterforms all around us.--$cSource other than Library of Congress.
650 0 $aLettering in art.
650 0 $aAlphabet in art.
650 0 $aGraphic design (Typography)
650 0 $aLettering$vPictorial works.
650 7 $aGraphic design (Typography)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00946640
650 7 $aLettering.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00996769
650 7 $aLettering in art.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00996777
655 7 $aPictorial works.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423874
700 1 $aAnderson, Gail,$d1962-$eauthor.