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“A surprising and useful book full of information and indispensable to anyone involved in communicating ideas through typographic means”.–Milton Glaser, president, Milton Glaser, Inc”. TYPE & LAYOUT should be required reading before students are allowed to touch a computer”.–Dennis G. Martin, Ph.D., Professor of Communications, Brigham Young University…. More >>
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full-page plates present the best typographical design from the 15th through the 20th centuries, including 60 handsome alphabets, many examples of decorative initials and a dazzling assortment of headings, scrolls and flourishes, rules and panels, ornaments, ribbons, cartouches, borders and more.
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“Did you notice how picturesque the letter ‘Y’ is?” asks a poem by Victor Hugo. “That the letter ‘O’ stands for the sun or that the letter ‘Y’ stands for tree, glass or a fork in the road?” In this fascinating initiation into visual design and typography, the authors awaken readers’ curiosity page by page as they reveal
the magic of typography. Short, succinct texts introduce each topic, and typographical puzzles are presented with simple geometric shapes. The… More >>
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