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Typographic Systems of Design Frameworks for Type Beyond the Grid (Graphic Design Book on Typography Layouts and Fundamentals)

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ISBN-10: 1568986874

ISBN-13: 9781568986876

Edition: 2007

Authors: Kimberly Elam

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Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems, Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems, explores eight major structural systems beyond the traditional ordering systems of the grid ??? including random, radial, modular, and bilateral systems. By taking the reader through exercises, student work, and professional examples, Elam offers a broad range of design solutions. Once essential visual organization systems are understood the designer can fluidly organize words or images within a structure, combination of…    
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Book details

List price: $27.50
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Publication date: 5/3/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 160
Size: 7.00" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Kimberly Elam teaches in the Department of Industrial Design at Ohio State University & is a principle partner in her design consulting firm.

Axial system
Radial system
Dilatational system
Random system
Grid system
Transitional system
Modular system
Bilateral system