The Type Project Book
By Nigel French & Hugh D’andrade
Contents:
Introduction viii
Pastiche 1
Victorian
Embrace decorative excess 2
Art Nouveau
Tangled up in vines 6
Dada
In favor of irrationality 10
Constructivist
Reds, blacks, and bold diagonals 14
Bauhaus
Simple shapes and primary colors 18
Art Deco
Elegant geometry 22
Wartime Poster
Dig deep for victory 26
Pulp
Saucy and sensationalist 30
Swiss
Functional, neutral, and asymmetric 34
Country Music Poster
Create a Hatch Show Print– inspired poster 38
Psychedelia
Get groovy with a ’60s rock poster 42
Punk
There is no future in England’s
dreaming 46
Grunge
Here we are now, entertain us 50
Short Text 54
Magazine Cover
Where flyaway hair and
masthead meet 56
Classic Fiction
Type that’s in your face 60
Vintage Album Cover
Subdued colors and
wandering baselines 64
Compact Disc Package
Capture a moment with a “mix tape” 66
Cookbook
Type in a supporting role 70
Theater Poster
Working with diagonals 74
City Poster
Vintage repetition and randomness 78
Travel Guide
Keeping it simple 82
Movie Poster
And the award goes to… 86
Music Festival Poster
Curate your dream lineup 90
More Classic Fiction
A chat about illustrating a classic 94
Infographic
Worth a (few) thousand words 98
Letterpress Gig Poster
Grooving with moveable type
in the 21st century 102
Beer Label
Craft your favorite brew 106
Wine Label
Design a premium wine label 110
Business Card
Make a good first impression 114
Longer Text 118
Gift or Product Guide
Between structure and chaos 120
Fiction Classic
Wrangle hundreds of pages like a pro 124
Poetry
Be flexible and sweat the small stuff 130
Cookbook
Step-by-step recipe instructions 134
Magazine Layout
Create a six-page magazine
feature article 138
Menu
Design a menu for your favorite
restaurant 142
Trifold Brochure
Design a simple brochure 146
Visual TOC
Design a table of contents spread 150
Form Design
No hanging chads 154
Typographic
Portraits 158
Neighborhood Alphabet
We’re going on a type hunt! 160
Beside the Sea
Evoke a place or genre with type 164
Environmental Alphabet
Find letters in everything 168
Ghost Type
Fading signs from times gone by 172
Collage
Combine type, texture, and vintage
clip art 174
Type Map
Create a map exclusively from type 178
Celebrity Type Portrait
“Shading” with words 182
Hand-Lettered Type Portrait
The best of times, and the worst of times 186
Split-Face Type Portrait
Half man–half letters 190
ASCII Art
Get cryptic with an Old Master 192
Puzzle
Create a themed word search 194
An A–Z Collection
Explore the personality of type 196
Type as Image 198
Typographical Logo
A new logo for a venerable institution 200
Illustrate a Lyric with Type
Give a typographic voice to a
favorite song lyric or quote 204
Typeface Design
A chat with the creator of Barlow 208
Shaped Text
Give visual form to the words 212
Animated Web Banner
Make it move 216
Type Patterns and Transformations
What letters do when they’re off duty 220
Build a Chiseled Drop Cap
Go large with your initial letter 224
Add Flourishes to Your Type
Let your letters sprout swirls and spirals 226
Icons
Turn symbols into a working picture font 228
Hand Lettering
Create a hand-lettered quote 230
Large Letter Postcard
Bold letters worthy of a great city 234
Explore the possibilities of chromatic type 238
Hoodie
Wearable type 240
Interpret a Word or Phrase
Use a twist to enhance the meaning 244
Silk screened Gig Poster
Indie rock in limited color 248
Interpret a List or Series Rain later. Good. 252
Index of Typefaces 257
Index 259