Type Style Finder: The Busy Designer’s Guide to Type

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Choosing the wrong typeface or type style can destroy the effectiveness of a design, and finding the perfect typeface is not as easy as it sounds. There are hundreds of options and after a day in front of the computer screen, it’s hard to be convinced that any one of them is the right choice. Type Style Finder is the answer for many weary designers.This rich volume is the easy to navigate, sourcebook for choosing type and color. Divided into four sections-aspect, mo… More >>

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Pie Tree Press: Memories from the Composing Room Floor

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A new and expanded trade edition of Jim Rimmer’s letterpress limited-edition original makes available the autobiography of this gifted type designer and private-press printer. Beginning with his less than shining early academic career, Rimmer recounts his first experiences setting type at Vancouver Technical High School and leaving school after grade ten for a six-year apprenticeship in the composing room at J.W. Boyd’s in the 1950s. With stories about the c… More >>

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Computers and Typography 2

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This second volume of Computers and Typography reflects the new developments in this rapidly-changing field. It complements, without in any way supplanting, Volume 1 through an extensive elaboration of issues that were considered only briefly by its precursor. Presented as a series of integrated case studies and interviews, the book includes information on: – the skills needed for quality website design, – the impact of computers upon publishing and corporate design… More >>

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