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Thinking with type : A critical guide for designers, writers, editors, & students /

By: Publication details: New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2007.Description: 176 pages ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781568984483
  • 1568984480
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LETTER -- Anatomy -- Size -- Classification -- Families -- Big Families -- Designing typefaces -- Logotypes -- Screen fonts -- Bitmap fonts -- Letter exercise -- TEXT -- Kerning -- Tracking -- Line spacing -- Alignment -- Vertical Alignment -- Hierarchy -- Web hierarchy -- Web Accessibility -- Paragraph exercise -- Word exercise -- Text exercise -- GRID -- Golden selection -- Single-column grid -- Multi-column grid -- Modular grid -- Grid exercise -- Data tables -- Data table exercise -- APPENDIX -- Dashes, spaces and punctuation -- Editing -- Editing hard copy -- Editing soft copy -- Proofreading -- Free advice -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: The organization of letters on a blank sheet -- or screen -- is the most basic challenge facing anyone who practices design. What type of font to use? How big? How should those letters, words, and paragraphs be aligned, spaced, ordered, shaped, and otherwise manipulated? In this groundbreaking new primer, leading design educator and historian Ellen Lupton provides clear and concise guidance for anyone learning or brushing up on their typographic skills. Thinking with Type is divided into three sections: letter, text, and grid. Each section begins with an easy-to-grasp essay that reviews historical, technological, and theoretical concepts, and is then followed by a set of practical exercises that bring the material covered to life. Sections conclude with examples of work by leading practitioners that demonstrate creative possibilities (along with some classic no-no's to avoid).
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LETTER -- Anatomy -- Size -- Classification -- Families -- Big Families -- Designing typefaces -- Logotypes -- Screen fonts -- Bitmap fonts -- Letter exercise -- TEXT -- Kerning -- Tracking -- Line spacing -- Alignment -- Vertical Alignment -- Hierarchy -- Web hierarchy -- Web Accessibility -- Paragraph exercise -- Word exercise -- Text exercise -- GRID -- Golden selection -- Single-column grid -- Multi-column grid -- Modular grid -- Grid exercise -- Data tables -- Data table exercise -- APPENDIX -- Dashes, spaces and punctuation -- Editing -- Editing hard copy -- Editing soft copy -- Proofreading -- Free advice -- Bibliography -- Index.

The organization of letters on a blank sheet -- or screen -- is the most basic challenge facing anyone who practices design. What type of font to use? How big? How should those letters, words, and paragraphs be aligned, spaced, ordered, shaped, and otherwise manipulated? In this groundbreaking new primer, leading design educator and historian Ellen Lupton provides clear and concise guidance for anyone learning or brushing up on their typographic skills. Thinking with Type is divided into three sections: letter, text, and grid. Each section begins with an easy-to-grasp essay that reviews historical, technological, and theoretical concepts, and is then followed by a set of practical exercises that bring the material covered to life. Sections conclude with examples of work by leading practitioners that demonstrate creative possibilities (along with some classic no-no's to avoid).

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