Amazon.comType in Motion: Innovations in Digital Graphics is a high-energy, brilliantly colored coffee-table book--and a serious exploration of the latest trends in type design in commercial and fine art as well. The book is an intensely visual guide to the variety of type designs in today"s media. It examines movies such as Prospero"s Books and The Pillow Book , where beautiful calligraphy plays a large role, and movies such as Mission Impossible and Good Will Hunting , where the titles are produced with careful attention to typography. The writers also explore type design in commercials and documentaries. A variety of pieces they present were originally delivered on CD-ROM, Web site, video, book, or other medium--there"s even a sculptural toy--and include interactive press kits, experimental design showcases, digital opera, interactive calendars, and scientific research on type. Throughout, captions explain the design, interface, and animation of...