alphabeasties : and other amazing types

Posted: February 3rd, 2010 | Filed under: art, design, paper, things | Tags: | 1 Comment »

My sister gave me this book over the holidays and hit two birds with one stone: children’s books + typography.

Alphabeasties is a brilliant demonstration of graphic design combined with playful, educational material captured in a colorful, hardcover book. Each page displays an animal made up entirely of the first letter, like this sheep of s’s above. Every animal is made from a different typeface and the page is bordered with fun little illustrations of other animals and commentary on the letterforms.

Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss of Werner Design Werks in St Paul, Minnesota are the authors and designers of Alphabeasties. Que bueno!

Available from Chronicle Books ($19.99).

(*Images via WernerDesign on Flickr)

One Comment on “alphabeasties : and other amazing types”

  1. 1 Wee Ones Wednesday - OGG Blog said at 12:19 am on February 11th, 2010:

    [...] look at.  Check out Bryn’s review of Alphabeasties by Sharon Werner and Sarah Forss over at Paper Tastebuds.  See more images from the book here at wernerdesign on [...]

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