Author : Ruari McLean
Publisher : Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 35,95 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Design
ISBN :
A collection of writings about important typographers and the development of their art.
Author : Gail Anderson
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,54 MB
Release : 2016-04-13
Category : Design
ISBN : 1780679939
This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good design. Broken into sections covering the fundamental elements of design, key works by acclaimed designers serve to illustrate technical points and encourage readers to try out new ideas. Themes covered include narrative, colour, illusion, ornament, simplicity, and wit and humour. The result is an instantly accessible and easy to understand guide to graphic design using professional techniques.
Author : Lara McCormick
Publisher : Rockport Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 11,38 MB
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 1610587928
Playing with Type is a hands-on, playful approach to learning type application and principles. This engagingguide begins with an introduction to the philosophy of learning through the process of play. Along with a series of experimental design projects with an emphasis on type, the author provides designers with a “toolkit� of ideas and skills developed through the process of play. The awareness and sensitivity to type styles, forms, and type choices gained through these visual experiments will increase the designer’s confidence in their personal and professional work. This book can be used in the classroom or independently, and readers can go directly to exercises that appeal to them.
Author : Ben Rosen
Publisher : Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 12,77 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780442235031
This classic work has been revised to make it the definitive source on styles originating prior to photocomposition, including the often-neglected hot metal faces. 40 photographs and 10 line drawings.
Author : Phil Baines
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Graphic design (Typography)
ISBN : 9781856694377
Providing an essential grounding for both students and professionals, this text takes readers through every aspect of typography, from the history of language and writing systems to the invention of moveable type and the evolution of the digital systems of today.
Author : James Craig
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2012-05-16
Category : Design
ISBN : 0823085600
The classic Designing with Type has been completely redesigned, with an updated format and full color throughout. New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. The fifth edition has been integrated with a convenient website, www.designingwithtype.com, where students and teachers can examine hundreds of design solutions and explore a world of typographic information. First published more than thirty-five years ago, Designing with Type has sold more than 250,000 copies—and this fully updated edition, with its new online resource, will educate and inspire a new generation of designers.
Author : Robert Bringhurst
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,47 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Book design
ISBN :
The fourth edition, fully revised enlarged and reset in 2012, further updated in 2017. Version 4.3 of the 4th edition (2019) includes many updates; see title page verso for a list of pages.
Author : Matthew Butterick
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,42 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Desktop publishing
ISBN : 9781598392623
"Originally released to great acclaim in 2010, Typography for Lawyers was the first guide to the essentials of typography aimed specifically at lawyers. Author Matthew Butterick, an attorney and Harvard-trained typographer, dispelled the myth that legal documents are incompatible with excellent typography. Butterick explained how to get professional results with the tools you already have quickly and easily. Revised and updated & the second edition includes: new topics such as email, footnotes, alternate figures, and OpenType features; avice for presentations, contracts, grids of numbers, and court opinions; technical tips covering the newest versions of Word and WordPerfect for Windows and OS X; new font recommendations, including two that are free; new essays on the font copyrights, screen-reading considerations, and typographic disputes that have reached the courts; a refreshed layout, featuring type features designed by the author."--from Amazon.com website.
Author : Andy Ellison
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 17,69 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781856694728
This step-by-step guide to digital typographic design covers font history, terminology, manipulation, and getting the most out of industry-standard software, as well as looking at the relationship between the art and science of typographic design.
Author : Manfred Klein
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 10,26 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Graphic arts
ISBN : 9781854548481
This book provides the cultural and technological context of type design. It describes the origins and the development of 26 of the leading typefaces in typography, providing biographies of their designers, their histories, development sketches and applications. By describing the history, the background and the current state of affairs, the book also gives guidelines for the future of the printing industry, for designers and for everyone concerned with letters.
