The Visible Word: Experimental Typography and Modern Art, 1909-1923

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Early in this century, Futurist and Dada artists developed brilliantly innovative uses of typography that blurred the boundaries between visual art and literature. In The Visible Word, Johanna Drucker shows how later art criticism has distorted our understanding of such works. She argues that Futurist, Dadaist, and Cubist artists emphasized materiality as the heart of their experimental approach to both visual and poetic forms of representation; by mid-century, howe… More >>

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Implementing Quality Management in the Graphic Arts

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This book describes what TQM is and why quality is not just “What the customer will accept.” Printers who have embraced the tenets of quality management have seen employee morale improve, productivity increase, and sales soar!… More >>

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Tips on Type

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A concise introduction to the time-honored fundamentals of typography and the digital revolution. Some things never change: the anatomy of type, type classification, the principles of layout and legibility of the printed page. Other aspects of typography have been revolutionized by the computer and the rise of desktop publishing. This handy guide provides a rundown of the history of type, traditional usage, and the changes wrought by the widespread practice of types… More >>

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