Full Description
Type Tells Tales focuses on typography that is integral to the message or story it is expressing. This is type that speaks - that is literally the voice of the narrator. And the narrator is the typographer. This can be quite literal, for example when letters come from the mouth of a person or thing, as in a comics balloon. It can be hand lettering, drawn with its own distinctive peculiarities that convey personality and mood. Precedents for contemporary work might be in Apollinaire's calligram 'Il pleut' or Kurt Schwitters' children's picture book 'The Scarecrow', or in Concrete Poetry, Futurist 'Words in Freedom' or Dadaist collage. Seeking out examples in the furthest reaches of graphic design, Steven Heller and Gail Anderson uncover work that reveals how type can be used to render a particular voice or multiple conversations, how letters can be used in various shapes and sizes to create a kind of typographic pantomime, and how type can become both content and illustration as in, for example Paul Rand's 'ROARRRRR'. Letters take the shape and form of other things, such as people, faces, animals, cars or planes. There are examples of how typographic blocks, paragraphs, sentences and blurbs can be used to guide the eye through dense information. This exciting, fresh take on typography goes far beyond the letter and word, exploding the boundaries of typographic expression. It will enthral designers and illustrators, wordsmiths and literati: anyone, in short, who loves the medium of the message.
Contents
Introduction - 1. POETICS: Filippo Tommaso Marinetti • Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman • John Cage • Walasse Ting • Barrie Tullett • Antonius Bui • Dylan McDonough • Dirk Hagner • Agrafka Studio • Allen Crawford • Bianca Bunsas • Herman Inclusus • Pedro Antônio Gabriel Anhorn • Warren Lehrer - 2. DRAMATICS: Francis Picabia • Leo Lionni • Robert Massin • Warren Lehrer • Maira Kalman • Molly Leach • Stuart Sharpe • Jonny Hannah • Tom Hingston • Peter Blegvad and Andrew Swainson • Patrick King - 3. MANIFESTO: Paula Scher • Paulo Soleri • Johanna Drucker • Richard Eckersley • Sawdust • John Hendrix • Isabel Seiffert • Lora Fosberg • Laurie Rosenwald • John Passafiume • Nick Reeve • Natali Cohen • NOT A BENE Visual (NBv) • Annie Vought • Jack Summerford • Oliver Munday • Carolyn Sewell - 4. MONUMENTAL: Alida Sayer • Ariane Spanier Design • Brian Rea • Daniel Patrick Helmstetter • Lust • Timothy Goodman • Rogers Eckersley Design (RED) - 5. CLASSICS: Kiril Zlatkov • Sam Winston • Damián Sena • Hermes Mazali • Pilar González Bergez- 6. TYPOPLAY: Fortunato Depero • Corita Kent • Marian Bantjes • Philippa Wood • Cyla Costa • Church of Type • Wael Morcos • Ebon Heath • Angie Butler and Philippa Wood • Chank Diesel and Anne Ulku • Brian Scott Bagdonas • Jamie Clarke • Jason Permenter - 7. ALPHABETICS: Bruno Munari • Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich • Ross MacDonald • Milton and Shirley Glaser • Werner Design Werks - Designers & website list
