Flexible typesetting
by Brown, Tim
For the first time in hundreds of years, because of the web, the role of the typographer has changed. We no longer decide; we suggest. We no longer simply choose typefaces, font sizes, line spacing, and margins; we prepare and instruct text to make those choices for itself. In this book, Tim Brown illuminates the complex, beautiful world of typesetting-arguably the most important part of typography because it forms the backbone of the reading experience-and shows us how to parry the inevitable …
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- Full title :Flexible typesetting / Tim Brown ; foreword by Jessica Hische.
Summary
For the first time in hundreds of years, because of the web, the role of the typographer has changed. We no longer decide; we suggest. We no longer simply choose typefaces, font sizes, line spacing, and margins; we prepare and instruct text to make those choices for itself. In this book, Tim Brown illuminates the complex, beautiful world of typesetting-arguably the most important part of typography because it forms the backbone of the reading experience-and shows us how to parry the inevitable pressures that arise when we can no longer predict how, and where, our text will be read.
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- Publication Date:©2018
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):A book apart
- Place of Publication:New York, New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2018
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from title page (viewed September 10, 2018).
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781937557706, 1937557707
- oclc:on1144179612
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