In 'Theory of Type Design' wordt door de wereldwijd vermaarde typograaf en letterontwerper Gerard Unger voor het eerst een compleet en toegankelijk geschreven theorie van het letterontwerp gepresenteerd. Het handboek bestaat uit 24 beknopte hoofdstukken die op heldere wijze elk …
"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…
Forlagets beskrivelse: ”Designing Type is a comprehensive guide to type design is hailed as a 'must-have' for typographers, graphic designers and students and has been fully refreshed and updated with the introduction of more contemporary typefaces, more explanatory diagrams and…
*The Politics of Design* explores the cultural and political context of the typography, colours, photography, symbols, and information graphics that we use every day. Designers, communication specialists, and image-makers possess the power to shape visual communication, and with…
"The first section, Making the Grid, begins with an exposition of basic grid types, illustrating and defining the most common ones used in traditional design work. A selection of relevant projects shows how these grids organize information appropriate to each application and can…
Este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar impressos luso-brasileiros produzidos entre os séculos XVIII e XIX que estariam, de alguma forma, relacionados com o processo de instalação da imprensa no Brasil. Partindo da hipótese de que é possível identificar um fenómeno de converg…
This book is the definitive reference for graphic designers, providing a comprehensive introduction to the visual word. Done well, type can communicate so much more than the words themselves; in fact, the written words and the "real" message can be at odds. Typography design det…
The international creation of typefaces after 1950 was decisively influenced by the Swiss type designer Adrian Frutiger. His Univers typeface and the machine-readable font OCR-B, which was adopted as an ISO standard, are milestones, as is his type for the Paris airports, which s…
The standard work on the Swiss type designer: all typefaces - from design to marketing - were visually documented and analyzed with reference to the technology and to related typefaces.
An essential text on developing form and style in type design. Includes a history of type and gallery of contemporary styles.
