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Typography Essentials : 100 Design Principles for Working with Type
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- A deep understanding of letterforms and knowledge of their effective use can only be obtained with constant observation and experimentation; it evolves over a lifetime of design practice and study. This comprehensive guide is intended to advance the progress of designers seeking to deepen their typographic expertise. Typography Essentials is a practical, hands-on resource to distill, organize, and compartmentalize—but not to oversimplify—the many complex issues surrounding the effective use of typography. It is for designers of every medium in which type plays a major role, and is organized and designed to make the process enjoyable and entertaining, as well as instructional.New in paperback, this book is divided into four easy-to-use sections: The Letter, The Word, The Paragraph, and The Page. Each of the 100 principles has an explanation and examples representing the principle in action.
- Subjects :
- Graphic arts
Type and type-founding
Graphic design (Typography)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9781592535231 and 9781616736217
- Database :
- eBook Index
- Journal :
- Typography Essentials : 100 Design Principles for Working with Type
- Publication Type :
- eBook
- Accession number :
- 571444