Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type, 2nd Edition [Hardcover]

Will Hill (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131344455 | ISBN-13: 978-0131344457 | Publication Date: February 14, 2005 | Edition: 2

This hands-on design guide helps readers build a foundation for the development of an individual typographic sensibility by providing a brief outline of the evolution of type, an introduction to the language and terminology of type and type setting, fundamental rules and conventions of professional practice, and key decisions on type selection and page layout. More typefaces are now readily available to a wider public than at any time in the past–this book presents a basis for the confident and informed exploration of a rich and vivid medium that continues to play a fundamental role in human communication. A directory of typefaces places the major type categories and typefaces into their historical context, introducing some key examples of excellence in contemporary type design as well as identifying the fundamental values that have sustained the continued use of classic typefaces over the last 500 years of print history. A guide for aspiring designers, typographers, graphic artists, desktop publishers, and advertising production people who want to sharpen their attention to detail and develop a sensitive typographical eye.

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About the Author

Will Hill is Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University (UK).  Prior to entering full-time academic employment in 1993, he had 17 years experience as a freelance designer in London, during which time he worked for many of the city's leading publishers, journals, agencies and design consultancies.  He is a member of Atypi (the Association of Typographique Internationale) and has written a number of papers on typography for international design and communication journals. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (February 14, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131344455
• ISBN-13: 978-0131344457
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 10.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,265,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Typographer, March 25, 2006

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This review is from: Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

A bit expensive but worth every penny. This book shows you typography inside and out. Shows many typeface and ways type can be used as well as the history of type.

5.0 out of 5 stars A good buy, December 3, 2011

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This review is from: Complete Typographer, The (3rd Edition) (Hardcover)

Minor exterior damage but the inside is like new. I'm more than satisfied with my purchase and I'd recommend it to anyone else

5.0 out of 5 stars The complete typographer, May 1, 2009

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This review is from: Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type, 2nd Edition (Hardcover)

I am training to be a graphic designer and this is my text for the course. It is an excellent book and is one I will keep as a reference for a long time.