Alphabook

Drawing on sources around the world, Alphabook brings together groundbreaking type design for both text and display faces, in work that demonstrates the unique characteristics of typefaces shown. The full alphabet of each typeface is displayed to maximum effect, alongside examples of the work it features in. The exciting selection of typefaces Alphabook constitutes an essential reference book for all designers, not only showcasing some of the most innovative typefaces in current use, but also demonstrating their versatility in a variety of formats from posters to CD sleeves to websites. All the information needed to obtain the fonts themselves is also provided. A new independent collection of typefaces, Alphabook delights the user on a number of levels - as a source of inspiration, as a catalogue of typefaces, and as one of the most striking design publications of 1999.