Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, Vol. 1

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This book offers a novel overview of typeface design, exploring the most beautiful and remarkable examples of font catalogs from the history of publishing, with a special emphasis on the period from the mid-19th century to the mid-20th century, when color catalogs were at their height. Taken from a Dutch collection, this exuberant selection traverses the evolution of the printed letter in all its various incarnations via exquisitely designed catalogs displaying not … More >>

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Web Design Schools and Multimedia Schools

Find Web Design Schools and Multimedia Schools in the United States and Canada. Today, students who are drawn to the many creative fields of web site design and other multimedia technology will find that completing coursework in one of several web design schools and multimedia schools will discover endless career opportunities.

In web design schools and multimedia schools, students will be introduced to and learn about specific software, such as Dreamweaver; in addition, students will learn how to record and publish web videos, training in Macromedia Flash and web animation, web content editing and writing, concepts in design, typography, digital publishing and print, web design, Photoshop training, illustration and HTML, XHTML and much more.

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Type Spaces

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Type Spaces examines pages of books printed and published by Aldus Manutius in Venice around 1500. By measuring the word-spaces, author Peter Burnhill discerns a system of measurement at work and comes up with the surprising suggestion that this printing shows a unified system of dimensions: of type size, of “leading” or line-increment, of line length, and of text area. He argues that the exceptional figures of Manutius and his punchcutter, Francesco Griffo, used a … More >>

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