Designing Type

Name: Designing Type
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ISBN: 9780300111507

ISBN-10: 0300111509

ISBN-13: 9780300111507

Edition: N/A

Authors: Karen Cheng

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As one of a graphic designer’s most essential tools, typefaces influence the appearance of visual print materials perhaps more than any other component. This essential book explains the processes behind creating and designing type. Author Karen Cheng discusses issues of structure, optical compensation, and legibility, with special emphasis given to the often overlooked relationships between letters and shapes in a font. nbsp; The book is illustrated with numerous diagrams that demonstrate visual principles and letter construction, ranging from informal progress sketches to final type designs and diagrams. A wide range of classic and modern typefaces is analyzed, including those from many…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 5/19/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 2.640
Language: English



Design process


Variables in type design


Parts of a letter


Typeface classification


Serif capitals


Serif lower case


Sans serif capitals


Sans serif lower case


Numbers


Punctuation


Diacritical marks


Spacing