num_pages: 256
description: Students and professionals in any creative field can benefit from a good typographic eye. The Anatomy of Type (The Geometry of Type in the UK) is all about looking more closely at letters. Through visual diagrams and practical descriptions youll learn how to distinguish between related typefaces and see how the attributes of letterforms (such as contrast detail and proportion) affect the mood readability and use of each typeface. Nutritional value aside the spreads full of big type are nice eye candy too.The 100 typefaces featured in the book are hand-picked by the author for their functionality and stylistic relevance in todays design landscape. Along with several familiar faces (Garamond Bodoni Gill Sans Helvetica) youll also discover contemporary fonts that are less common  and often more useful  than the overused classics.
language: English
title: The Anatomy of Type
publisher: Harper Design