Typographic systems
By: Kimberly Elam.
Series: Design briefs
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781568986876
Subjects: Graphic design (Typography); Composition (Art); Visual communication
Description: Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems, Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems, explores eight major structural frameworks beyond the grid including random, radial, modular, and bilateral systems. By taking the reader through exercises, student work, and professional examples, Elam offers a broad range of design solutions. 
Once essential visual organization systems are understood the designer can fluidly organize words or images within a structure, combination of structures, or a variation of a structure. With clarity and substance, each system from the structured axis to the nonhierarchical radial array is explained and explored so that the reader comes away with a better understanding of these intricate complex arrangements. Typographic Systems is the seventh title in our bestselling Design Briefs series, which has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index.