Typography category: 75 books

This is a major update for me. ePUB Production rules have changed Many of the changes I've been waiting for with ePUB production have been implemented. InDesign now stands at the top of the heap for book production in general and ePUB production in particular. You do not need to know...

This grand compilation presents more than 250 depictions of the alphabet's changing forms, from handsome Roman letters cut in marble and delicate English courthand to sixteenth-century Greek initials and modern styles inspired by Gothic, Japanese, and other forms of writing. In addition to its intriguing...

Graphic designers will enrich their understanding of American type design and type designers with this unique and extensive reference. The fascinating history of type in America is chronicled through the typefaces and biographies of sixty-two of the most influential type designers, including Linn...

The book is a collection of invited chapters by renowned experts and is part of a series on Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Intelligent Systems. The content is wide-ranging, encompassing perspectives from computer science to social science to design and reflecting the considerable experience...

Every creative brief requires its own unique typographic solution to achieve both individuality and visual harmony. This is why the question "what's the best typeface combination?" is impossible to answer succinctly. Typefaces are a bit like people; their personalities can alter ever so slightly when...

The elements of style like you've never seen them before Explore the personalities of the punctuation marks we use every day with this bold, typographic journey through grammar. Each chapter in This is Me, Period introduces one of the major pieces of punctuation and all of its idiosyncracies,...

Multi award-winning designer, typographer and TED speaker, Craig Ward, presents his first self-authored book - Popular Lies About Graphic Design. An attempt to debunk the various misconceptions, half truths and, in some cases, outright lies which permeate the industry of design. Lovingly designed...

The most comprehensive, practical, and beautiful directory of type, organized by type category-Serif, San Serif, Display, and Scrip-and covering all styles throughout history. The Essential Type Directory offers 1,800 examples of the best in type design, spanning almost 600 years of design...

¿Cuál es tu tipo? Una desenfadada introducción al mundo de la tipografía. Desde que las tipografías se mudaron a la barra de herramientas del ordenador todos comenzamos a tener una opinión sobre ellas. Hoy es imposible ignorar su poder, su omnipresencia en las marcas que nos rodean o...

Au service du texte, du message et de l'utilisateur, la typographie a pour objectifs la lisibilité, l'intelligibilité et l'esthétique des contenus. Bénéficiant de siècles de recherches et d'expérimentations, elle a un rôle essentiel à jouer sur le web, un support jeune qui doit encore gagner...

When presenting projects in competitive design environments, how you say something is as important as what you’re actually saying. Projects are increasingly complex and designers are working from more sources, and many designers are familiar with the struggle to harness this information and craft...

Os temas relevantes à etapa de fechamento de arquivos estão presentes nesta publicação. O livro aborda a linguagem de descrição de páginas, os tipos de formatos de arquivos, a classificação das extensões de arquivos, os métodos de envio, a análise das imagens e os gerenciadores de fontes....

Qual è il rapporto formale fra le opere architettoniche di Andrea Palladio e la sua importante produzione editoriale, così decisiva per la storia della cultura? Esiste un legame estetico fra le modalità di messa in pagina di un capolavoro come «I quattro libri dell’architettura» e le idee in...

Si le web a toujours été un média de texte, les moyens de contrôle typographique dont nous disposons aujourd'hui pour concevoir une page n'ont plus grand-chose à voir avec les outils d'hier. À l'heure où le langage CSS repousse sans cesse les limites de la mise en page et où l'on peut désormais...