Type and Typography
Language: English
Published by New York : Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005
- Softcover
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Softcover, 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm. Good/very good, light edge-wear wrappers. 2nd edition. "Type & typography provides an essential grounding for readers of all levels, from students to professionals. Typography is the mechanical notation and arrangement of language used to make multiple copies, whether by printed or electronic means. This book offers an overview of the bewildering variety of typefaces available, and a practical guide to using type as a meaningful element of design. The carefully structured text, illustrated throughout, takes the reader through every aspect of the subject, from the history of language to the invention of movable type and the evolution of the digital systems of today.".
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- Title
- Type and Typography
- Author
- Baines, Phil; Andrew Haslam
- Publisher
- New York : Watson-Guptill Publications
- Publication year
- 2005
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0823055280
- ISBN 13
- 9780823055289
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Typography
• Newly revised and expanded
• Hundreds of remarkable photographs
and illustrations
From the history of language and writing systems, to the development of letterforms and movable type, to the evolution of today’s digital systems, Type and Typography offers an overview of the typefaces available today and a practical guide to using type as a meaningful element of design in all mediums. Newly expanded with fifty additional pages of text and eighty-five new illustrations, this second edition reflects the exciting developments in typography since the first edition was published in 2002.
"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
\Phil Baines is a freelance designer and a Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. Phil Baines lives in London.
Andrew Haslam runs his own design studio and is the leader of the MA Communication Design course at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. Andrew Haslam lives in London.
"About the title" may belong to another edition of this title.
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