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| Fonts & Logos: Font Analysis, Logotype Design, Typography, Type Comparison, and History
by Doyald Young.
Dephi Press, Sherman Oaks CA, U.S.A., 1999. ISBN: 0-9673316-0-9.
Reviewed by Roy R. Behrens, Ballast Quarterly Review, 2022 X Avenue, Dysart, IA 52224-9767 U.S.A. E-mail: <ballast@netins.net>.
Seven years ago, the author of this book produced an exquisite, slightly shorter work on Logotypes & Letterforms in which he shared what he had gained from 40 years as a type designer and 25 as a teacher of typography at the Art Center College of Design. In this equally elegant sequel, he provides both an overview of typography and a technical guide for decisions about legibility, font design, the compatibility of type styles, and the function of type within logos. Anyone who loves letters will delight in the myriad forms that appear in the book's diagrams and exemplars.
(Reprinted by permission from Ballast Quarterly Review, Vol.
16, No. 1, Autumn 2000.)
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