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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Jim Williams; Ben Casey |
| ISBN: | 9781858945675 1858945674 |
| OCLC Number: | 755073365 |
| Description: | 157 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Background : A brief history of type design ; The origins of typographic terminology ; Type measurement ; Roman type ; The anatomy of letterforms ; Why some typefaces look bigger ; Type families -- Setting headlines and display type : Selecting a typeface ; Headlines and display type ; Shape ; Hanging punctuation ; Visual centring ; Title, or 'i' and 'j' dot ; Ink traps -- Text setting : Selecting a typeface ; Leading ; Size to measure ; Kerning ; Figures ; Letter spacing ; Colour ; Legibility and readability ; Shape ; Alignment ; Indicating paragraphs ; Numbers in text ; Emphasis in text ; Hanging punctuation ; Clash ; Hyphenation ; Widows and orphans ; Apostrophes and quotation marks ; Ligatures ; Ampersands ; Diphthongs ; Raised or drop capitals ; Capitals and small capitals ; Scripts ; Parentheses ; Email addresses ; Three rules ; Titling typefaces ; Reader's marks -- Glossary of terms. |
| Responsibility: | Jim Williams ; with a foreword by Ben Casey. |
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