books about: typography     books:       Type and Typography2 reviews Phil Baines, Andrew Haslam Watson-Guptill, 2005 From Early History to Designing for the Web Type is the way we convey written information. Down through the centuries type faces have been developed to not only convey the raw information, but to do so in attractive and pleasing ways. Type faces continue to be developed for all kinds of uses that the designers of years ago couldn't have imagined: the dot matrix print outs of a cash register, the type face you are seeing right now as you ...             The New Typography (Weimar and Now: German Cultural Criticism)8 reviews Jan Tschichold University of California Press, 2006 A founding document of modern history Typographic history, at least. This book was first published in 1928, and seems to have been the founding manifesto of the "Swiss school" of typography. This is a must-read for all serious students of type, and for a few others as well. First, the messages for typographers. The book itself is part of that message: sanserif body text, bright white paper, and geometric red and black graphics. ...             The Fundamentals of Typography (Fundamentals)1 review Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris AVA Publishing, 2006 A Concise but Complete Course In What Type can do. One of the hardest things for a beginning designer to understand is that there are reasons for their being so many styles of type, and so many things that you can do to adjust or modify that typeface to produce the appearance and effect that you are trying to produce. Today with the ease with which typefaces are produced using computers it is especially important that the designer working on ...             Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design10 reviews Timothy Samara Rockport Publishers, 2006 qualified rare type book There is tons of type book around but this is one of the most useful type book on my shelf, recommend it.             Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography (Designing With Type)22 reviews James Craig, William Bevington, ... Watson-Guptill, 2006 Classic must have An absolute must have for any beginning typography student or instructor. User friendly, it covers the fundamentals of typography comprehensively and with great clarity. I have used it as a text book, when I taught beginning typography and continue to recommend it for my Intermediate and Advanced type classes. No teacher or student of typography should be without this one. Truly a classic from a ...             Typography 28 (Typography)2 reviews Emily Oberman Collins Design, 2008 great This book has already saved my life, very inspirational, it's shown me what fonts not to use do to over use. But all and all there is great use of type (of course), powerful layout, and great emotion, expression through typography. I think everyone should at the least look through this book, or any typography annual.             The Elements of Typographic Style82 reviews Robert Bringhurst Hartley and Marks Publishers, 2004 holy bible of type Get reference book, has everything to know about type. Very heavy in content , not exactly a light read. A must have for anyone serious about typography. Very very good.             The Complete Manual of Typography13 reviews Jim Felici Adobe Press, 2002 Covers past history, letter architecture and future computer typesetting I am only half way through this book (so much in it I have to take it a few pages at a time). The history of type is covered (and should be read to learn vocabulary...but has a great glossary if you just want to learn terms in other sections as you go along...21 pages of glossary.) Seems like 1/4 of the book is history and the architecture of font AND typeface (yes...the book is so in depth ...             Exploring Typography (Design Exploration Series)2 reviews Tova Rabinowitz OnWord Press, 2006 Exploring Typography Thomson Delmar Learning just sent me the book Exploring Typography to review for use in my classroom. I think it is one of the best on the subject and know it will be adopted for use in my classes. I teach at an independent high school in Vermont and also at the state college near by. The book is well organized and the illustrations are great. It must have taken a lot of effort and time to write; ...             Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)48 reviews Ellen Lupton Princeton Architectural Press, 2004 A solid book for type - with a twinge of humor I like this book a great deal. The next time I have a chance to use this in a class (to teach) I will. There are lots of good examples, the language is clear, and it's not too ethereal or esoteric. I think it's a great introduction to typography and laid out very well.             Typography and Graphic Design: From Antiquity to the Present Roxanne Jubert, Serge Lemoine Flammarion, 2006 This chronological study traces the evolution of graphic form, from Antiquity through the Middle Ages and up through the age of technology. Each period is explained in detail, from Classical craftsmanship to the changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution and the modern-day potential of the digital world. As computers now play an integral role in academic and professional environments, virtually everyone makes font choices on a regular ...             Twenty-Two Tips on Typography2 reviews Enric Jardi Actar, 2007 Handy little refresher guide This a beautiful handy little book... One of those basic guides of "Though shall do, though shall not" commandments you may tend to dismiss based on its sheer straightforwardness, but that once overcame the initial moment of pride and prejudice spurred by poorly-masked insecurity, you may actually enjoy with its clarity of opinion and point-of-view. Typography is indeed fraught with opinion. ...             Modern Typography, 2nd Edition1 review Robin Kinross Hyphen Press, 2004 well-researched historical reference I'm short on time, but I couldn't let this book sit another day without a review. for the typographer interested in more than just getting the job done, this is a must read. it is a readable and quite detailed survey of the history that has brought us to present-day typographic design.             Advertising Design and Typography3 reviews Alex White Allworth Press, 2006 Masterful book from a true master In any field there are pretenders, there are competent performers, and there are masters. In the field of typography and advertising design, Alex White is a master. And he has written a masterful book, suitably titled "Advertising Design and Typography." Every page is packed with practical, clear, impactfully illustrated information that demands to be read, re-read, and, most important, put into ...             Detail In Typography Jost Hochuli Hyphen Press, 2008 How is it that text can be set perfectly and yet look insufferably dull? How do you achieve perfect congruence between the type itself and its meaning? In Detail in Typography Jost Hochuli, master book designer and author of the seminal Designing Books , addresses the finer points of setting text. Hochuli begins with a consideration of how human beings read, moving on incrementally to considerations of letter, word, and line as well as ...             Typography 27 (Typography)3 reviews Type Directors Club Collins Design, 2006 Typography 27 A 'must have' for the professional Graphic Designer. Perhaps not the best edition, with a little too much Student work, but when you want to free the mind and flip through something that feels like NOW, The Type Directors Club Annual always does the the trick!             Pioneers of Modern Typography, Revised Edition2 reviews Herbert Spencer The MIT Press, 2004 Door Opening This book was one of the first windows for me into the world of modernism, especially in a typographically and visual graphic sense; it still has a huge impact on me. It documents the typographical works of many great minds who in many cases are more well known for their painting and sculpture, such as Werkman and van Doesburg, as well as demonstrating the material of the likes of Tschischold, ...             Typography: Formation +Transformation Willi Kunz Arthur Niggli, 2004             An Essay on Typography5 reviews Eric Gill David R Godine, 1993 brilliant I noticed few reviews for this book, so it had to be said. At once a historical view of typography as well as universal ideals still applicable to modern design. Eric Gill was a genius, and his timeless typefaces were the only window I knew him through before I read this book. This is the sort of book that you finish and then go look for more books like it; my favorite kind.             U&lc : Influencing Design & Typography6 reviews Mark Batty Publisher, 2005 A MARVELOUS LOOK BACK! As a graphic design student at Brigham Young University I was introduced to U&lc, "The International Journal of Typographics." I came to anticipate the arrival of each issue, packed not only with the latest type fonts from International Typeface Corporation, but with interesting articles about subjects ranging from the Chinese zodiac to wines and cheeses. U&lc was fun and featured examples of ...              search for books advertising, antiquity, complete, critical, criticism, cultural, designers, designing, edition, editors, elements, essential, exploration, exploring, formation, fundamentals, graphic, influencing, pioneers, present, real-world, revised, students, thinking, transformation, twenty-two, typographic, typography, workbook, writers books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen magazines: Letras Libres home  impressum - about us