Type on Screen: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Developers, and Students

Maryland Institute College of Art (Corporate Author)

ISBN 10: 161689170X / ISBN 13: 9781616891701

Published by Princeton Architectural Pr, 2014

About this Item

208 pages. 9.00x7.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Type on Screen: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Developers, and Students
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Pr
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 161689170X
• ISBN 13: 9781616891701
• Binding: Address book
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.55 kilograms

About this title

Synopsis

The long awaited follow-up to our all-time bestseller Thinking with Type is here. Type on Screen is the definitive guide to using classic typographic concepts of form and structure to make dynamic compositions for screen-based applications. Covering a broad range of technologies-from electronic publications and websites to videos and mobile devices-this hands-on primer presents the latest information available to help designers make critical creative decisions, including how to choose typefaces for the screen, how to style beautiful, functional text and navigation, how to apply principles of animation to text and how to generate new forms and experiences with code-based operations. Type on Screen is an essential design tool for anyone seeking clear and focused guidance about typography for the digital age.

About the Author

Ellen Lupton is the author of thirteen books with PAPress, including Thinking with Type (more than 100,000 sold and translated into ten languages), Graphic Design: The New Basics and Graphic Design Thinking