Pocket Essentials: Typography: The definitive practical introduction to this indispensible skill - Brossura

Davis, Graham

 
9781781571156: Pocket Essentials: Typography: The definitive practical introduction to this indispensible skill

Sinossi

Typography is the most ubiquitous of the graphic arts, with all of us now having access to innumerable fonts and the typographic tools that can, in the right hands, lift any text from the mundane to the beautiful.
Opening with an overview of the history of the art, Typography Pocket Essentials introduces the key principles and techniques of typography, and presents 200 of the most useful and important fonts, making it a handy primer and essential reference guide all rolled into one.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Alastair Campbell founded the Ilex Press and was its Publisher for 13 years. He has lectured extensively throughout Europe on design, typography and illustration, and holds the coveted MacUser (U.S.) "Eddy" award for the Best New Graphic Resource, won by his mapping software Mountain High Maps. Alastair is also the author of numerous books on graphic design such as The New Designer's Handbook and The Digital Designer's Bible.

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Typography is the most ubiquitous of the graphic arts, with all of us now having access to innumerable fonts and the typographic tools that can, in the right hands, li any text from the mundane to the beautiful. Typography: Pocket Essentials opens with an overview of the history of the art, before going on to introduce the key principles and techniques of e ective typography. A full introduction to of the most useful and important fonts completes the book, allowing you to choose the right one every time. With this handy primer, anyone can master the basic principles of type layout and create pages that are easy on the eye and captivate the reader.

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