Design Principles for Desktop Publishers
2nd Edition
Published on 12. December 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-0-534-23082-1 (ISBN)
Description
Created especially for non-designers, this text aims to provide easy-to-understand explanations of design principles as well as real examples of those principles in use. Through its combination of the didactic and the practical, this text should help desktop publishers make smart design choices and implement them using the tools available in popular software packages. With illustrative examples, the book includes classroom exercises for hands-on experimentation.
Created especially for non-designers, this text aims to provide easy-to-understand explanations of design principles as well as real examples of those principles in use. Through its combination of the didactic and the practical, this text should help desktop publishers make smart design choices and implement them using the tools available in popular software packages. With illustrative examples, the book includes classroom exercises for hands-on experimentation.
Created especially for non-designers, this text aims to provide easy-to-understand explanations of design principles as well as real examples of those principles in use. Through its combination of the didactic and the practical, this text should help desktop publishers make smart design choices and implement them using the tools available in popular software packages. With illustrative examples, the book includes classroom exercises for hands-on experimentation.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Belmont, CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 190 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-534-23082-1 (9780534230821)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction; Before Turning the Computer On; Selecting a Typeface for Body Text; Formatting Body Text; Display Type; Page Design; Non Textual Elements; Color; Photographs.