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Now in its third edition–with more than 30,000 copies sold–The Macintosh Font Book instructs beginners in using type well, providing instruction on everything from basic typographic concepts to practical tips for installing, managing, and modifying fonts. This edition contains 50 percent new material…. More >>
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A View of Early Typography has long been regarded as the classic text on the production and use of type in the first 150 years of printing. By focusing on type, Harry Carter goes to the heart of design, the point at which the material processes of printing meet the intellectual concerns of publishers and the nature of the texts they publish. Among the topics covered: the diversity of letterforms (blackletter, roman, italic, and more); the tensions between Latin and … More >>
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Since its first publication in 1969, Pioneers of Modern Typography has been the standard guide to the avant-garde origins of modern graphic design and typography. In this essential reference, Herbert Spencer shows how new concepts in graphic design in the early decades of the twentieth century had their roots in the artistic movements of the time in painting, poetry, and architecture. Spencer examines the “heroic” period of modern design and typography, the beginnin… More >>
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