Advanced Typography

Advanced Typography
Author: Richard Hunt
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2020-07-23
Genre: Design
ISBN: 135005593X

Once you have learnt the fundamentals of typography, there is still a wealth of knowledge to grasp to really become a master in the art and craft of working with type. In Advanced Typography, expert practitioner and instructor Richard Hunt goes beyond the basics to take your understanding and usage to the next level. Taking a practical approach, the book combines visual, linguistic, historical and psychological systems with the broad range of applications and audiences of type today. From the challenges of designing across media and cultures, to type as information and craft, Hunt marries theoretical context with applied examples so you feel confident in improving your skills as an advanced typographer.

Fonts & Encodings

Fonts & Encodings
Author: Yannis Haralambous
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Total Pages: 1040
Release: 2007-09-26
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0596102429

The era of ASCII characters on green screens is long gone. Industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard. This book explains information on fonts and typography that software and web developers need to know to get typography and fonts to work properly.

Typography Essentials Revised and Updated

Typography Essentials Revised and Updated
Author: Ina Saltz
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2019-02-12
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1631596489

Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type is a practical, hands-on resource that distills and organizes the many complex issues surrounding the effective use of typography. An essential reference for designers since 2009, Typography Essentials is now completely refreshed with updated text, new graphics and photos, and a whole new look. Divided into four sections—The Letter, The Word, The Paragraph, and The Page—the text is concise, compact, and easy to reference. Each of the 100 principles, which cover all practical aspects of designing with type, has an explanation and inspiring visual examples drawn from international books, magazines, posters, and more. Typography Essentials 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.

Typography, Referenced

Typography, Referenced
Author: Jason Tselentis
Publisher: Rockport Publishers
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1610582055

Typography, Referenced is the single most comprehensive volume covering every aspect of typography that any design student, professional designer, or design aficionado needs to know today. In these pages, you'll find: —Thousands of illustrated examples of contemporary usage in design —Historical developments from Greek lapidary letters to the movie Helvetica —Landmark designs turning single letters into typefaces —Definitions of essential type-specific language, terms, ideas, principles, and processes —Ways technology has influenced and advanced type —The future of type on the web, mobile devices, tablets, and beyond In short, Typography, Referenced is the ultimate source of typographic information and inspiration, documenting and chronicling the full scope of essential typographic knowledge and design from the beginnings of moveable type to the present "golden age" of typography.

Handbook of Typography for the Mathematical Sciences

Handbook of Typography for the Mathematical Sciences
Author: Steven G. Krantz
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2000-08-31
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 1420036017

You know mathematics. You know how to write mathematics. But do you know how to produce clean, clear, well-formatted manuscripts for publication? Do you speak the language of publishers, typesetters, graphics designers, and copy editors? Your page design-the style and format of theorems and equations, running heads and section headings, page

Asymmetric Typography

Asymmetric Typography
Author: Jan Tschichold
Publisher: New York : Reinhold Publishing Corporation
Total Pages: 112
Release: 1967
Genre: Printing
ISBN:

Advanced Typography for Students

Advanced Typography for Students
Author: Edward George Shepherd
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 1960
Genre: Graphic arts
ISBN:

"A study of the list of contents will show the reader just how comprehensive and up to date the present volume is. Starting with a detailed description of the latest photocomposition machines, the book covers the newest developments in typesetting, precision equipment, and printing and plate-making machinery, ending with a section on costing, estimating and the legal aspects of printing." -foreword.

Working with Computer Type 3

Working with Computer Type 3
Author: Rob Carter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 182
Release: 1997
Genre: Art
ISBN:

The author of this text explains how combinations of type and colour affect clarity, mood and "readability" of design. The book includes 50 case studies analyzing the work of prominent graphic designers.

Better Web Typography for a Better Web (Second Edition)

Better Web Typography for a Better Web (Second Edition)
Author: Matej Latin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2019-08-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9780464213680

Better Web Typography for a Better Web is a book based on a top-rated online course explaining typography to people who build web sites-web designers and web developers. The author, Matej Latin, takes complex concepts such as vertical rhythm, modular scale and page composition, and explains them in an easy-to-understand way. The content of the book is accompanied by live code examples and the readers go through a process of designing and building an example website as they go through the book. This is a new typography book for a new medium, the rules haven't changed much, everything else has.