Title: Thinking with Type
First published: 2004
Description: A new addition to our best selling series, Design Briefs, Thinking with Type is a straightforward primer that presents practical information about typographic design that can be immediately applied within the context of design history and theory. It is divided into three sections - letter, text, grid - each accompanied by an essay explaining key concepts, and then a set of practical demonstrations illustrating that material. The lessons of Thinking with Type are applicable to typographic design wherever it is practiced: printed materials of all kinds, Web sites, television screens. A companion Web site, will provide examples of design on screen, and provide other information (lesson plans, exercises) for readers and teaching professionals. Thinking with Type is a state-of-the-art pedagogical tool, that will be essential reading for students, teachers, and anyone else who wishes to improve or brush on their design skills.
Subjects: Type and type-founding, Graphic design (Typography), Printing, Arts graphiques, Caractères d'imprimerie, Lay-out, Zettechniek, Caractère typographique, Typographie, Caracteres d'imprimerie, Caractere typographique
LC classification: Z246 .L87 2004