E-Books herunterladen Arcade Game Typography: The Art
of Pixel Type
By Toshi Omigari
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 color and resolution limitations that stimulated
incredible creativity. With each letter having to exist in a small pixel grid,
artists began to use clever techniques to create elegant character sets
within a tiny canvas. This book presents typefaces on a dynamic and
decorative grid, taking reference from high-end type specimens while
adding a suitably playful twist. Arcade Game Typography recreates that
visual aesthetic, fizzing with life and color.Featuring pixel typefaces
carefully selected from the first decades of arcade video games, Arcade
Game Typography presents a completist survey of a previously
undocumented outsider typography movement, accompanied by insightful
commentary from author Toshi Omagari, a Monotype typeface designer
himself. Gathering an eclectic range of typography, from hit games such
as Super Sprint,
