Type & TypographyWatson-Guptill Publications, 2002 - 192 pages • Includes 2 extensive timecharts, one on type designers, one on the evolution of writing and printing—reference at a glance • 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 Typographyoffers 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. |
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the written system 17 | |
Grammar 27 | |
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3.75mm leading Adrian Frutiger Akziden alphabet appear Bold broken script camera capitals caps century character choice of typeface colour or texture column combined continuous text contrast contrastcontrast created mainly described dictionary Didot elements English Erik Spiekermann example face figures film font Fontographer FontShop format frame Garamond Gothic Graphic designer Helmsman Helvetica humanist Hyphen ideas italic Jan TSCHICHOLD kerning keyboard language Latin legibility Letraset letterforms letters line length Linotype London lower-case machine mainsheet Manufacture & design matrix Matthew Carter metal type Monotype pattern phonemes printer printing Punchcutter reading revivals Robin Kinross roman Rudy VanderLans sans serif screen Shift shot sizes slab serif speech square structure style symbols texture is created tracked TrueType Type & typography type design Types include typesetting vertical visual Westchester width word space x-height Zuzana Licko