Digital Type Design Guide: The Page Designer's Guide to Working With Type [Paperback]

Sean Cavanaugh (Author), Ken Oyer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

This text aims to show the art and practicality of typography.

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From the Publisher

This is the page designer's guide to working with type. This book will help you give your work a more professional look as you explore technical and artistic considerations for type-a must for designers. - Takes an aesthetic and technical approach to typography

- Includes screen shots and step-by-step examples

- Install fonts on Macintosh and Windows 95

Product Details

• Paperback: 271 pages
• Publisher: Hayden Books (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568301901
• ISBN-13: 978-1568301907
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #620,734 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediorcre book with inflated reviews., November 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Digital Type Design Guide: The Page Designer's Guide to Working With Type (Paperback)

I hate when there are nothing but overly-ecstatic reviews for a particular book. You should be skeptical too. The first few chapters of this book are a good reference for designers who have little experience working with type on computers. There is also a chapter on "The Rules of Digital Typography" that offers a great deal of help for the novice, but will nauseate the experienced. It contains a chapter on creating juvenile Photoshop treatments such as "Type in flames." 100 out of the 271 pages of this book are spec sheets for the imitation fonts included with the CD. The overall design of the book is substandard for a design book. Overall, the book is a good resource for those who lack fundamental graphic design education (which includes typography), but of little use to the experienced designer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent advice and a fine collection of fonts, January 2, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Digital Type Design Guide: The Page Designer's Guide to Working With Type (Paperback)

I'm only giving this excellent book a four star rating as it was published in 1995, so some of the information about using software to manage fonts and compose text is out of date, and although there is a chapter on e-mail, there's nothing on the WWW. However, this is only a small fraction of the body of this very valuable book. In addition to being an outstanding and clearly explained guide to typography, the companion CD contains a very superior and diversified collection of finely executed fonts. I've been using them professionally and personally since I first acquired a copy when the book was published.

Both the book and the fonts are well worth the investment. I hope this fine volume will be updated.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be called the digital type bible, September 6, 1999

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Ploni Almoni (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Digital Type Design Guide: The Page Designer's Guide to Working With Type (Paperback)

This is the best treatment of digital typography I've ever seen. Sean has not only addressed both technical and aesthetic issues, he has done it in a refreshing and witty tone that had me laughing out loud. Unlike many computer graphic design books on the market today, this one is NOT written for Mac users only; PC users will find this book immensely helpful in dealing with cross-platform problems that crop up when dealing with service bureaus. I consider this my most valuable reference book. With its wealth of technical info, beautiful typography, and solid design technique--not to mention the CD-ROM full of fonts!--it's a steal. I'd urge everyone from design pros to administrative assistants to buy this one.