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This book examines the essential factors of a well designed book – attractive and suitable type, close spacing of words, reader-friendly format – and considers how maximum-quality typography (of books or of any text intended for continuous reading), consonant with traditional standards, can be achieved by users of present-day technology. Word-division, letter-space, punctuation, different styles of footnotes and endnotes, use of symbols and special characters, the n… More >>
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This up-to-date pocket guide is ideal for printers & publishing & graphic arts professionals who must communicate accurately with customers, suppliers & colleagues, covering the entire graphic communications field. This 3rd Edition includes in-depth coverage of today’s revolutionary technology. Paper. Amazon.com Review
This glossary defines more than 3,500 terms in the field of electronic publishing, making it a highly useful reference tool for graphi… More >>
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What decisions lie behind the way a book is designed? How are readers of books helped or hindered by the choices that a designer, publisher or printer has made in presenting an author’s text to its intended audience? Are there any lessons we can learn from a study of books produced over the last 500 years? In this study of book design of the past five centuries, Alan Bartram looks at the successes and failures of his predecessors. Some classics of layout and product… More >>
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