Non-Designer's Type Book : Insights and Techniques for Creating Professional-Level Type

by Williams, Robin

• ISBN13: 9780321303363
• ISBN10: 0321303369
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-09-22
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

"In these pages, Robin Williams uses her straightforward and lighthearted style to define the principles that govern type - as well as the logic behind those principles. On your way to creating effective print pages, you learn not just what looks best, but why." "Each short chapter explores a different type principle or technique. Hundreds of examples illustrate the subtle details that make the difference between amateur and sophisticated, professional use of type." "Whether you are a Mac user or a Windows user, a type novice or an experienced graphic designer, you will find inspiration and direction for the typographic quandaries and conundrums you might encounter!"--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Robin Williams is the author of dozens of best-selling and award-winning books, including Robin Williams Mac OS X Book, The Little Mac Book, The Non-Designer's Design Book, Robin Williams Design Workshop, and Web Design Workshop. Through her writing, teaching, and seminars, Robin has influenced a generation of computer users in the areas of design, typography, desktop publishing, the Mac, and the World Wide Web.

Table of Contents

What is typography anyway?
Introduction	xi
Review	15	(4)
A Brief History of Type	19	(12)
Centuries of Type	21	(7)
Aldus Manutius	28	(3)
Readability and Legibility	31	(20)
The Art of Readability	33	(10)
The Art of Legibility	43	(8)
Punctuation	51	(26)
Quotation Marks---or Not?	53	(4)