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Omagari, Toshi

Arcade game typography : the art of pixel type / Toshi Omagari ; foreword by Kiyonori Muroga - London : Thames and Hudson, 2019 - 272 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm

Includes index

Foreword / Kiyonori Muroga -- Preface -- Type for amusement -- The rules -- The 8x8 monospaced -- Typefaces. Sans regular -- Sans bold -- Sans light -- Serif -- MICR -- Slanted -- Calligraphy and lettering -- Horizontal stress -- Stencil -- Decorative -- Essays. The Atari font -- Anatomy of the Atari font -- MICR-- Peculiar characters -- All characters in a game -- The end of a format -- Conclusion -- Index of games

ISBN: 9780500021743

Subjects--Topical Terms:
VIDEO GAMES--DESIGN
GRAPHIC DESIGN (TYPOGRAPHY)

LC Class. No.: NK 1175 / O42A 2019