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Thinking with type : a critical guide for designers, writers, editors, & students /

Lupton, Ellen.

Thinking with type : a critical guide for designers, writers, editors, & students / Ellen Lupton. - Second revised and expanded edition. - 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Letter. Humanism and the body ; Enlightenment and abstraction ; Monster fonts ; Reform and revolution ; Type as program ; Type as narrative ; Back to work ; Anatomy ; Size; Scale ; Type classification ; Type families ; Superfamilies ; Capitals and small capitals ; Mixing typefaces ; Numerals ; Punctuation ; Ornaments ; Lettering ; Logotypes and branding ; Typefaces on screen ; Bitmap typefaces ; Typeface design ; Exercise : Modular letterforms ; Font formats ; Font licensing -- Text. Errors and ownership ; Spacing ; Linearity ; Birth of the user ; Kerning ; Tracking ; Exercise : space and meaning ; Line spacing ; Alignment ; Exercise : alignment ; Vertical text ; Enlarged capitals ; Marking paragraphs ; Captions ; Hierarchy ; Exercise : hierarchy ; Exercise : long lists -- Grid. Gris as frame ; Dividing space ; Grid as program ; Grid as table ; Return to universals ; Golden section ; Single-column grid ; Multicolumn grid ; Modular grid ; Exercise : modular grid ; Data tables ; Exercise : data tables -- Appendix. Spaces and punctuation ; Editing ; Editing hard copy ; Editing soft copy ; Proofreading ; Free advice.

9781568989693 (alk. paper) 1568989695 (alk. paper)

2010005389


Graphic design (Typography)
Type and type-founding.

Z246 / .L87 2010

686.2/2

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