中文简介：

烫印文字是一种匿名创作的黑字字体，源于二十世纪早期的军事飞行夹克和运动制服。这种特殊的黑字字体大胆而有气势，自20世纪70年代以来，在纽约市的亚文化中广泛使用，装饰了音乐和时尚亚文化。

本书收录了过去50年亚文化景观的档案图片和插图，探讨了“局外人”的视觉品牌和模拟排版的复苏，通过布局和设计来呈现，呼应了字母本身的狂热历史。

英文简介：

The iron-on lettering that is the subject of Heated Words: Searching for a Mysterious Typeface remains without attribution. Created anonymously and passed down over decades and across subcultures, the typeface is unique within the histories of typography and street fashion.

With roots dating back to the first calligraphic forms, the enigmatic letters evolved from embellished military flight jackets and sports uniforms in the early part of the twentieth century. Seemingly omnipresent from the 1970s onward in youth culture in New York City, this particular blackletter typeface—bold and imposing—would go on to decorate the fabric of the most influential music and fashion subcultures of the last half-century.

Heated Words provides a unique thread through the subcultural landscape of the last fifty years. With insights from voices in the fields of music, fashion and typography, the unique volume features previously unpublished archival images, including hundreds of illustrations and ephemera. Exploring the visual branding of the “outsider” and the resurgence of analog typography, Heated Words is presented through a layout and design that echo the frenetic history of the letters themselves.