
The Fundamentals of Typography
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Starting with a comprehensive introduction to the history of typography, the authors provide detailed explanations and inspirational examples of type usage from leading practitioners from around the world. With expanded practice exercises and four new case studies, this book gives students everything they need to know to use type effectively and creatively.
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Paul Harris is a freelance writer and editor based in Chile.
Content
1 Type and Language
The alphabet/Early printing/1800s/The Arts and Crafts movement/The early 20th century/1950s/ 1960s/ 1970s/1980s/1990s/2000s/graphic design today/Case study/Typography task
2 A Few Basics
Typefaces and fonts/Typeface anatomy/Relative and absolute measurements/X-height/Basic terminology/Majuscule and minuscule/Set width/The baseline grid/The golden section/The Fibonacci sequence/ Dividing the page/Standard paper sizes/The page--how we read/Case study/Typography task
3 Letterforms
Type families/Typeweight variations/Frutiger's grid/Types of serif/Fractions/Superscript and subscript/Numerals/ Diacritical marks/Punctuation/Drop and standing capitals/Dashes/Character spacing/Expert sets and special characters/Small capitals/Ligatures, diphthongs and sans serif logotypes/Italic and oblique/ Type classification systems/newspaper text faces/Hand-drawn type/Case study/Typography task
4 Words and Paragraphs
Calculating line lengths/Kerning/Automated kerning tables/Alignment/Word spacing, hyphenation and justification/ Type detailing/Leading/Indents/Indexes/Case study/Typography task
5 Using Type
Hierarchy/Color/Surprint, overprint, knockout and reverse/Printing and type realization/Grids and fonts/Generating type/Legibility and readability/Texture/Type as image/Concrete poetry, typograms, trompe l'oeil and calligrams/Humor/Vernacular/Appropriation/Ownership/Case study/Typography task
6 Digital Type
Vectors and rasters/Type on screen/Kinetic typography/Environmental typography/Case study/Typography task
Glossary
Contacts
Index
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