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14%OFFJim Felici - The Complete Manual of Typography. A Guide to Setting Perfect Type.  - 9780321773265 - V9780321773265
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The Complete Manual of Typography. A Guide to Setting Perfect Type.

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Description for The Complete Manual of Typography. A Guide to Setting Perfect Type. Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 726.
Note to customers: The print version of this book is highly formatted, and many pages contain examples that use a variety of approaches to text layout including the use of multiple fonts. The subtleties of this layout would be lost when converted to ePub, so we have chosen to offer this ebook only in PDF format, which keeps the page layout intact.

Beautifully designed and richly illustrated The Complete Manual of Typography, Second Edition, is the fully updated version of THE seminal book on typography by Jim Felici. This book is about how type should look ... Read more

 

You’ll Learn:

 

  • Basic Concepts and anatomy of good typography, indexed for quick reference by busy professionals
  • How to manage fonts and handle corrupted or missing fonts on any operating system
  • What makes good type good (and bad type bad)
  • Techniques for working with measure, point-size, leading, kerning, and other type fundamentals
  • Practical ways to fix composition problems such as loose lines, bad rags, windows, and orphans
  • Hard-to-find rules for managing hyphenation and justification, indents, text wraps, and expert-set characters
  • Secrets of how to wring out good type from uncooperative word-processing and layout problems
  • The latest font technologies, including OpenType
  • New typographic tools and improved font services in Operating Systems such as Windows and Mac OS
  • New Techniques, and coverage of working methods such as style sheets.
  • 35 page glossary of type terms

Praise for the first edition

"Clear and elegant... There's no better or more useful introduction to the whole craft of typography"

Roger Black - Danilo Black, Inc

"All you've wanted to know about type and typography but never dared ask. Jim Felici brings together a vast amount of knowledge in this book. Must-Have!"

Erik Spiekermann author, Stop Stealing Sheep (and Find Out How Type Works)
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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Pearson Education (US) United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Indianapolis, United States
ISBN
9780321773265
SKU
V9780321773265
Shipping Time
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