Five Hundred Years of Book Design

Product Description
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 >>

» Read more: Five Hundred Years of Book Design

Related posts

Pie Tree Press: Memories from the Composing Room Floor

Product Description
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 >>

» Read more: Pie Tree Press: Memories from the Composing Room Floor

Related posts

Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design

  • ISBN13: 9781592533015
  • Condition: NEW
  • Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.

» Read more: Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design

Related posts