设计师、作家和教育家蒂莫西•萨马拉是一位***的字体和平面设计权威。他2004年由Rockport出版的著作Typography Workbook已成为设计课堂和行业专业人士的重要参考书。

如今，在《字体：从过去到未来的字体设计》一书中，他熟练地带领读者们遍览了他设计中的美学和技术考量。开篇他概述了从活字的发明到今天的数字化排印，结尾展示了一些现代字型。

萨马拉在这本书中真正关注的是向从业者传递字体设计的基本知识，并细致和全面地解释和阐述了形式和风格的发展。他向你介绍字体剖析、笔画的形成和节奏、工具的使用方法、结构与比例，以及许许多多的其它知识。

所有的这一切成就了一本优秀、及时的参考书，设计师们在设计logo、签名，以及所有的平面设计时都可以参考本书。

Designer, author, educator Timothy Samara is a world authority on type and graphic design. His 2004 Rockport book, Typography Workbook has become an essential reference text for design classrooms and industry professionals.

Now, in Letter Forms: The Design of Type, Past to Future he takes readers even deeper, expertly guiding them through the aesthetics as well as the technical considerations of his subject. He begins with an overview spanning the invention of movable type to today's digital typography, and ends with a showcase of contemporary fonts.

Samara's true focus in this book is conveying the essentials of type design to practitioners, and thoughtfully and thoroughly explaining and illustrating the development of form and style. He walks you through letter form anatomy, stroke formation and rhythm, tool methodologies, structure and proportion, tool methodologies, and tons more.

This all makes for one excellent, timely reference work that designers can return to in designing logos, wordmarks, signage, titling accents, and all of their graphic design work.