Arcade game typography : the art of pixel type / Toshi Omagari ; foreword by Kiyonori Muroga.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 2019Description: 272 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500021743 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Video games -- Design | Graphic design (Typography) | Hobbies and Games | Hobbies and GamesDDC classification: 794.8 Summary: 'Arcade Game Typography' presents readers with a fascinating new world of typography - the pixel typeface. Video game designers of the 70s, 80s and 90s faced colour and resolution limitations that stimulated incredible creativity: with letters having to exist in an 8x8 square grid, artists found ways to create expressive and elegant character sets within a tiny canvas. Featuring pixel typefaces carefully selected from the first decades of arcade video games, this title presents a previously undocumented 'outsider typography' movement, accompanied by insightful commentary from author Toshi Omagari, a Monotype typeface designer himself, and screenshots of the type in use.Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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'Arcade Game Typography' presents readers with a fascinating new world of typography - the pixel typeface. Video game designers of the 70s, 80s and 90s faced colour and resolution limitations that stimulated incredible creativity: with letters having to exist in an 8x8 square grid, artists found ways to create expressive and elegant character sets within a tiny canvas. Featuring pixel typefaces carefully selected from the first decades of arcade video games, this title presents a previously undocumented 'outsider typography' movement, accompanied by insightful commentary from author Toshi Omagari, a Monotype typeface designer himself, and screenshots of the type in use.
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