Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works

Name: Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works
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ISBN: 9780201703399

ISBN-10: 0201703394

ISBN-13: 9780201703399

Edition: 2nd 2003 (Revised)

Authors: Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger

List price: $45.00

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This classic typography book, first published in 1993, is now updated with brand-new typefaces, fonts, and illustrations. Internationally renowned graphic designer Erik Spiekermann explains in everyday terms what typography is and offers design guidance in choosing type for legibility, meaning, and aesthetic appeal. Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works, 2nd Edition guides the reader through all aspects of typography, from the history and mechanics of type, to training the eye to recognize and choose typefaces. Uncover type's roots and placement within society and learn how to use space and layout to improve overall communication. This elegant guide for readers of all levels is…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Adobe Press
Publication date: 7/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Frederic Goudy, American type designer, once said, ""Anyone who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep.""


To most people, this comment only adds to the perception that type inhabits a mysterious world with intricate terminology and elaborate rules; added to this are thouasands of type faces out there that all seem to look alike


Until now, Spiekerman and Ginger shepherd their decades of typograhpic experience into a unique and lively guidebook which shows that type is easy to use, easy to understand