"Long the preserve of trained specialists alone, typography is a territory opened now to everyone equipped with a computer. For millions of people around the globe, the freedom to produce effective printed documents has suddenly become, like effective speaking and writing, an es…
A readable manual and reference on modern typography, exploring the art and history of the field as well as technical details. Includes b & w illustrations, a glossary, and reference appendices. This second edition includes a new chapter on digital typography, expanded informati…
"Aimed at being a comprehensive text on a subject that is typically specialist, A Grammar of Typography provides a detailed history of typography and discusses how the practice has changed throughout time. It discusses typography as a discipline and situates it in the context of…
Introduction: The classical tradition -- A short history of typographical variations -- Type in the 20th and 21st centuries -- Desktop publishing -- Basic layout: Type -- Basic Layout: Images -- Format and mise-en-page -- Composition -- Open type fonts and font editing -- Page e…
"Aimed at being a comprehensive text on a subject that is typically specialist, A Grammar of Typography provides a detailed history of typography and discusses how the practice has changed throughout time. It discusses typography as a discipline and situates it in the context of…
This volume represents the current state of research on picture books and other adjacent hybrid forms of visual/verbal texts such as comics, graphic novels, and book apps, with a particular focus on texts produced for and about young people.