{"product_id":"psychic-essence-threshold-signal","title":"Psychic Essence Threshold Signal:","description":"\u003cp\u003eLock Books, 2026, softcover, 208 pages, 11 x 19.3 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeon Genesis Evangelion\u003cspan\u003e was one of the first anime to treat its on-screen \u003c\/span\u003etypography as a deliberate design system. At a time when interface text in anime was typically hand-painted by subcontractors, director Hideaki Anno used desktop typesetting to exert direct control over the show's visual language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis pocket-sized book collects over 200 of those interface screens: computer displays, warnings, diagrams, targeting systems, readouts, and technical schematics, gathered as a survey of that design language in practice. Dense grids, elongated display type, countdown timers, glowing bars, and scrolling text recur throughout, applied with enough consistency to suggest a functioning operational system rather than a set of disconnected props.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe result is a retro-futuristic military aesthetic that stays legible under its own density — exaggerated in style, but grounded in a genuinely considered typographic and layout logic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60272679518592,"sku":null,"price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/evangelion-0.webp?v=1793371601","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/psychic-essence-threshold-signal","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}