Five Hundred Years of Book Design

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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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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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Book Typography

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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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