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Type in use : effective typography for electronic publishing
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New York : Design Press, 1992
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9780830637966

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30000002589178 Z246.W45 1992 f Open Access Book Book
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A guide to understanding and designing a publication's essential typographic elements, for designers and editors who use desktop publishing equipment, as well as those who create type layout by traditional methods. Each chapter explains the principles of designing with a particular typographic element, then shows how professionals do it with examples from a wide variety of current publications. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.


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Bringhurst brings a formidable range of interests and knowledge to bear on his discussion of what typography was, is, and should be. Weaving mathematics, philosophy, and poetry through his work, he lays down surprisingly clear and thoughtful guidelines for practicing the typographic arts. At a time when anyone with a thousand dollars' worth of computer hardware and a word processing program fancies himself or herself a designer, Bringhurst gives voice to the complexity and lineage of the printed page with unconcealed passion: ``Typography is to literature as musical performance is to composition: an essential act of interpretation, full of endless opportunities for insight or obtuseness.'' White takes a more contemporary approach while also attempting to lay down guidelines for typographic practitioners. Organized by such categories as text, headlines, and subheads, his work is an easy-to-use reference for a particular design problem or idea. The strength of this book lies in carefully chosen examples from real publications that both provide ideas and illustrate concepts from the text. The result is a useful book that deserves a place on designers' shelves and in larger collections with an interest in graphic design. Bringhurst has created a work that deserves to become a classic in the field and belongs in any collection with an interest in the graphic arts. See also Lewis Blackwell's 20th Century Type , reviewed above.--Ed.-- Mark Wood house, Elmira Coll. Lib., N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.