Shadow Type

Designers often look to the past for ways to enliven their projects. (Or, the good ones do. If a designer only looks at what other designers are doing now, that’s just a good way to repeat the mistakes of others.) Letters with relief and shadow have long been an effective way to add spectacle or intrigue to otherwise mundane words. Introduced in metal type as early as 1815, shadow typefaces were a form of early experimentation among type founders. This book is loaded with pics of every variety shadow type in every possible use. Steve Heller and Louise Fili left no shadow unturned.