
Typography, Referenced
A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography
- 400 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
Typography, Referenced
A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography
About this book
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Contents
- Introduction
- Type History and Timeline
- Type Design and Development
- Type Classification and Identification
- Type Designers
- Type Foundries
- Typefaces and Specimens
- Typographic Principles
- Contemporary Usage: Designing with Type
- Typography Terminology and Language
- Type Management
- Type-Specific Resources
- Bibliography
- About the Authors
- Contributors
- Image Credits
- Index