What is Typography?

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Following the huge success of the Essential Design Handbooks series, What is Typography? is the ultimate compact guide to the discipline that lies at the epicenter of design and communication. This unparalleled handbook explores the formal structures and acceptable variations of type as fundamental disseminators of information. It also uncovers the various ways in which typographers, as well as linguists, psychologists, philosophers, and information designers, have … More >>

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Type for the Internet & Other Digital Media

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Enhance your website design by knowing exactly which fonts to use to achieve optimum legibility and clarity. Featuring numerous examples of screen-based type usage, this vibrant guide describes how attributes are modified in relationship to type, size, type designs, color, and contrast. Bonus: Various typeface classifications are examined and compared for effectiveness on the screen, such as serifs, san serifs, and computer typefaces.
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Type: The Secret History of Letters

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If you’ve ever wondered exactly what a Zapf is, or if Baskerville has anything to do with Sherlock Holmes, Type is the answer to these questions and more. This is the story of the passions, and obsessions of the creator of type; of the influences of wars, persecution, and political upheaval, and the effects of business and technological breakthroughs on fonts and typography. From Gutenberg’s first moveable type to the Internet, Simon Loxley tells the stories behind … More >>

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