Font Technology Methods and Tools

Name: Font Technology Methods and Tools
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ISBN: 9783642785078

ISBN-10: 3642785077

ISBN-13: 9783642785078

Edition: 1994

Authors: Peter Karow

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Computers have changed typography and prepress as well as printing. Typefaces are manufactured by "digital punch cutters" with a PC, not any more by punch cutters. Typefaces are constructed an output by a new technolgy, the so-called fonttechnology. The book by Peter Karow covers the whole area of it. It offers various chapters about (among others) issues like intelligent font scaling, kerning, quality of type, legibility, and problems of different output devices. It is interesting to read about Gutenberg setting, the font market, optical scaling, and last but not least a "hand on" Kanjhi, the Chinese/Japanese Glyphs. Furthermore, Fonttechnology contains a number of valuable and instructive…

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 1994
Publisher: Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
Publication date: 12/15/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 457
Size: 6.69" wide x 9.53" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English