The Designer's Guide to Web Type: Your Connection to the Best Fonts Online is a must-have reference guide for digital designers, graphic artists, new media artisans and typographers who use type as an... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Isabella Valentine's report of Lunchbox Studios being out of business is not quite accurate - I just bought their font set today (03/01/05). The company is in transition, having moved recently from New York City to Los Angeles. The Web site has yet to be updated with the current contact information, so it's easy to understand how Isabella concluded that they're out of business (I almost gave up myself). Lunchbox is actually under the same roof as Reelhouse.com. Actually I'm just as happy for Isabella's comment, since it led me to Lunchbox and their excellent set of fonts.
Web Type is a Knock-Out (Editor's Choice)
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book was selected as our Editor's Choice for March 2002 for several reasons...First, it's a masterpiece of visual delights -- each of the fonts reviewed includes the font in creative use, actual publications where they have appeared, or simply a creative expression.Most importantly, the book contains full descriptions, foundry, author/artist and details about the font. Then the second half of the book shows full font listings in both positive and negative. Sweet.All in all the book is a delight to hold and browse. Even if you're not looking for a font, the visuals are stunning -- printed in full color on 100lb enamel stock.We highly recommend "Designers Guide to Web Type" for your connection to the best fonts online... or purely for its aesthetic value -- making it the editor's choice in this month's Design-Bookshelf.com.Fred Showker
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