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	Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design by Timothy Samara
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 686.22 EAN 9781592533015 ISBN 1592533019 Manufacturer Rockport Publishers Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 240 Publication Date November 01, 2006 Publisher Rockport Publishers Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description New in paperback, The Typography Workbook provides an at-a-glance reference book for designers on all aspects of type. The book is part of Rockport's popular Workbook series of practical and inspirational workbooks that cover all the fundamental areas of the graphic design business. This book presents an abundance of information on type - the cornerstone of graphic design - succinctly and to the point, so that designers can get the information they need quickly and easily. Whereas many other books on type are either very technical or showcase oriented, this book offers ideas and inspiration through hundreds of real-life projects showing successful, well-crafted usage of type. The book also offers a variety of other content, including choosing fonts, sizes, and colors; incorporating text and illustrations; avoiding common mistakes in text usage; and teaching rules by which to live (and work) by. New in paperback, The Typography Workbook provides an at-a-glance reference book for designers on all aspects of type. The book is part of Rockport's popular Workbook series of practical and inspirational workbooks that cover all the fundamental areas of the graphic design business. This book presents an abundance of information on type - the cornerstone of graphic design - succinctly and to the point, so that designers can get the information they need quickly and easily. Whereas many other books on type are either very technical or showcase oriented, this book offers ideas and inspiration through hundreds of real-life projects showing successful, well-crafted usage of type. The book also offers a variety of other content, including choosing fonts, sizes, and colors; incorporating text and illustrations; avoiding common mistakes in text usage; and teaching rules by which to live (and work) by. Timothy Samara was trained as a graphic designer at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. He currently teaches typography and visual communication at the School of Visual Arts in New York City and is the author of Making and Breaking the Grid. Customers who bought this item also bought Layout Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Building Pages in Graphic Design Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs) Logo Design Workbook: A Hands-On Guide to Creating Logos Customer Reviews for: Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design Rating - Amazing book on type! Extremely in-depth. Extremely well written book, with easy to understand illustrations of all the concepts, plus tons of examples, this may be one of the best books on the market on typography. The details are plenty and explained properly, but without making it hard to read. It's also beautifully laid out, with examples of really good typography in the chapter titles and body text. If you want a book for typography, this is the ... Read More Rating - Great Buy This is a great book for anyone interested in how to use typography within a graphic design framework. Rating - Typography Workbook What a wonderful book now when my professor is talking typography lingo I am beginning to understand and it has great examples of typographic work. I highly recommend this book. Rating - All you need... ... to know about Type in an easy and comprehensive way lies on these pages. I own this book for almost a year and each time i flip it's pages I'm still amazed. Sure it looks kind of basic and introductory to the world of type, but as I said in the beginning: This is all you really need. Once you buy this book the rest of them will be sort of "been there, done that" see more reviews See all books by author Timothy Samara

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