Visual and Technical Aspects of Type - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0521440262 ISBN 13: 9780521440264

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Riassunto

Visual and Technical Aspects of Type gives an introduction to the rules of font design and describes how fonts and their metrics are managed by computers.

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Descrizione del libro

Visual and Technical Aspects of Type gives an introduction to the rules of font design and describes how fonts and their metrics are managed by computers. It is the first book that contains contributions from both type creators and computer scientists. The aim is to provide insights into the production and rendering of digital type and to make traditional type design rules accessible to a wider audience.

Contenuti

Part I. Letterforms: The Basics: 1. Letterform in a historical and cultural context André Gürtler; 2. Visual communication systems André Gürtler; 3. Visual aspects of type Christian Mengelt; 4. Some elements of proportion and optical image support in a typeface Mark Jamra; Part II. Digital Aspects and Algorithms: 5. An introduction to digital type Jacques André and Roger D. Hersch; 6. Font metrics Jacques André; 7. Font rasterization: the state of the art Roger D. Hersch; 8. Industry standard outline font formats Jakob Gonczarowski; 9. Curve techniques for autotracing Jakob Gonczarowski; Part III. Typographic Research: 10. On the design of Barbedor and Syndor Hans Ed. Meier; 11. How to use ready-made alphabets Fernand Baudin.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0521440262
• ISBN 13: 9780521440264
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 212
• Redattore: Hersch Roger D.
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