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Toshi Omagari | Arcade Game Typography: The Art Of Pixel Type

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Name: Arcade Game Typography Release year: 2019 Author: Toshi Omagari Concept, Art Direction: Darren Wall Design: Leo Field Publisher: Thames & Hudson / Read-Only Memory This is a comprehensive book on 8 × 8 pixels fonts in arcade video games from ’70s to ’00s, showcasing around 250 fonts that represent the best of the industry. It is an interesting cross between typeface design and video game subjects, and the first book of its kind. Despite such narrow focus, the book’s appeal is universal and does not require the knowledge on both video games and typography; in fact it requires neither. The book’s inception owes very much to the iconic issue 352 (May 2012) of Idea magazine, a renowned Japanese publication, which had a special feature on video game graphics. It rekindled my love for the childhood video games and brought my attention to its aesthetics, particularly the 8 × 8 pixels typefaces. I gave a presentation about the topic several years later, when Darren Wall approached and co

Name: Arcade Game Typography Release year: 2019 Author: Toshi Omagari Concept, Art Direction: Darren Wall Design: Leo Field Publisher: Thames & Hudson / Read-Only Memory This is a comprehensive book on 8 × 8 pixels fonts in arcade video games from ’70s to ’00s, showcasing around 250 fonts that represent the best of the industry. It is an interesting cross between typeface design and video game subjects, and the first book of its kind. Despite such narrow focus, the book’s appeal is universal and does not require the knowledge on both video games and typography; in fact it requires…

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