The Visible Word: Experimental Typography and Modern Art, 1909-1923

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Early in this century, Futurist and Dada artists developed brilliantly innovative uses of typography that blurred the boundaries between visual art and literature. In The Visible Word, Johanna Drucker shows how later art criticism has distorted our understanding of such works. She argues that Futurist, Dadaist, and Cubist artists emphasized materiality as the heart of their experimental approach to both visual and poetic forms of representation; by mid-century, howe… More >>

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Getting it Right in Print: Digital Prepress for Graphic Designers

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With this much-needed new book, designers learn precisely what they must do to prepare their brochures, posters, books, magazines, and other materials for trouble-free, high-quality printing. Addressing the single greatest challenge facing the professional designer today-calibrating images and layouts to match press specifications-the shows how to use common digital-layout and image-management programs to their best advantage. Delays and additional costs previously … More >>

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IdentaFONT

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IdentaFONT is a set of four books. All PostScript fonts from 19 major font suppliers are divided into four categories: Serif, Sans Serif, Script and Display; each is a separate book within the set. Each letter and number is illustrated together. For example, all the A’s are together, all the B’s, etc.. By comparing letters or numbers only, one can identify an unknown font in seconds. Included is a complete cross reference, showing the full face, suppliers of e… More >>

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