Decorate with Type
An encyclopedia of decorative and novelty fonts
by Harry Pears
About the book This is the first new specimen book of type that we've seen in a long
time. It's particularly timely in that the proliferation of new digital
type has left many, especially those new to the field, overwhelmed with
the number of choices. Mr. Pears has done an admirable job of organizing
this confusion and producing a volume which will be used again and
again by the practitioner in search of the perfect font for the job.  When you're looking for just the right typeface it's an incredible
time saver to have all your best choices lined up nicely so that you can
compare and contrast. This is exactly what Harry Pears does for
decorative and novelty fonts in this new book.
There are more
than 1,290 complete alphabetic font specimens, divided into 27 major
categories with each category having several subcategories. These are
all neatly laid out in the table of contents at the front of the book
for easy access. To make things even more convenient, there is an index
of font names at the back of the book. Thus the book can be used as a
reference in two ways, 1) by looking for the category/subcategory of
font in which you are interested, and 2) by looking up the name of a
font and going to its page, where you will find it surrounded by similar
fonts. About the Author Mr. Pears is a veteran of the type world. He started his career as a
colour camera operator, but quickly moved on to phototypesetting. With
the advent of digital typography he set up shop marketing these new
fonts in Australia. Since then he has produced a few fonts of his own,
and eventually this book, which introduces a new system for categorizing
decorative type. Vital StatisticsDecorate with Type, by Harry Pears 244 pages, semi-hardbound ISBN 9780646475622 950gm, H210xL277xT16mm List price - A$60
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