Mastering type
Subtitle: the essential guide to typography for print and web design
By: Denise Bosler
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: How Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cincinnati, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9781440313691
Subjects: Graphic design (Typography); Web typography
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: History : in the beginning there was communication ; Birth of the modern written language ; Uses of type ; Type and art ; Type moving forward ; Modern type design ; The next frontier; title: Letter : Serif and sans serif ; Parts of a character ; Classification of letterforms ; Type styles ; Typeface design ; Designing with letters ; An interview with Ken Barber ; Letter gallery; title: Word : Emotional type ; Choosing the right typeface ; Kerning ; Tracking ; Ligatures ; Case ; Numbers ; Legibility vs. readability ; Designing with words ; An interview with Holly Tienken ; Word gallery; title: Sentence : Word spacing ; Leading ; Alignment ; Line length ; Punctuation ; Designing with sentences ; An interview with Jessica Hische ; Sentence gallery; title: Paragraph : Visual tone ; Varying sizes ; Initial caps ; Complementary type pairs ; Type issues ; Designing with paragraphs ; An interview with Amanda Geisinger ; Paragraph gallery; title: Page : Layout, design and communication ; Gestalt theory ; Relationships ; Grid ; Visual concept ; Designing with pages ; An interview with Steven Brower ; Page gallery; title: Screen : Going digital ; Electronic media ; Layout ; Effective typography ; Designing for screen ; An interview with Jason Santa Maria ; Screen gallery; title: Appendix : The evolution of type hierarchy in interactive design's transformation to traditional media.