The non-designer's design book
Subtitle: design and typographic principles for the visual novice
By: Robin Williams
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781566091596
Subjects: Art; Publishing; Arts graphiques; Handbooks, manuals; Style manuals; Caractères d'imprimerie; Esthetics; Typografie; Maquettes (Industries graphiques); Graphic arts; Grafische vormgeving; Printing; Layout (Printing)
Description: Robin Williams Wrote this one "for all the people who now need to design pages, but who have no background or formal training in design". Follow the basic principles clearly explained in this book and your work is guaranteed to look more professional, organized, unified, and interesting. You'll never again look at a page in the same way. Full of practical design exercises and quizzes. Runner-up for Best Introductory Systems How-to Book in the 10th Annual Computer Press Awards.
Notes: Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-136).
Table of contents: title: Is this book for you?; title: Mini-glossary; title: Design principles: Joshua tree principle; title: Four basic principles; title: Proximity; title: Alignment; title: Repetition; title: Contrast; title: Review; title: Designing with type: Type (& life): Categories of type; title: Type contrasts; title: Extras: So, do you get it?; title: Answers to quizzes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.