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The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type
The Complete Typographer A Manual for Designing with Type
Author: Christopher Perfect
Provides a definitive visual survey of type to help the typographer use type to best effect. It features: profiles of influential designers; the qualities that make a type design effective; characteristics, applications, and creative uses of each of the seven major typeface groups; special typographic effects; and advantages and dis...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780130456670
ISBN-10: 0130456675
Publication Date: 10/29/1992
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Prentice Hall
Book Type: Textbook Binding
Other Versions: Paperback
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Essential reading and reference for anyone working with type...the key to producing striking, effective typography.
Charts the story of type from its beginnings to the present day, with special focus on key typographic watersheds and the contributioons of the most influential type designers
Visual directory of typefaces, covering the seven main type groups, featuring full alphabets and sample text setting for each group's most important typefaces, plus inspirational examples showing type in action
Practical guide to working with type effectively, including state-of-the-art coverage of desktop typography.


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