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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good reference on typography even though examples are weak
This book has a very good overview of typography for a beginner, the development and history of various typefaces, and the anatomy of the characters. The CD contains a few fonts that help make the price of the book a bit better. The actual examples of typefaces in use were terribly amateurish, however, and didn't serve to illustrate the author's point of view very...
Published on January 27, 2000 by S. Perkins
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Introduction
This book is a good introduction to digital fonts, but if you already have other books on typography you can pass on this one. One of the main reasons that I bought this book was because of the claim that it included "A Large Collection" of fonts on the included CD-ROM. I found only three Windows fonts that were of any use to me. The rest of the...
Published on February 18, 1998
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A Good Introduction,
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This review is from: Digital Typography Sourcebook (Paperback)
This book is a good introduction to digital fonts, but if you already have other books on typography you can pass on this one. One of the main reasons that I bought this book was because of the claim that it included "A Large Collection" of fonts on the included CD-ROM. I found only three Windows fonts that were of any use to me. The rest of the "fonts" are actually bitmaps pictures of the typefaces. The other software programs are demo versions, most of them old, and newer versions can be obtained on the websites of Adobe, Pyrus and other vendors. Since I don't own an Apple computer I can't comment on the fonts or demo versions of those programs.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good reference on typography even though examples are weak,
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This review is from: Digital Typography Sourcebook (Paperback)
This book has a very good overview of typography for a beginner, the development and history of various typefaces, and the anatomy of the characters. The CD contains a few fonts that help make the price of the book a bit better. The actual examples of typefaces in use were terribly amateurish, however, and didn't serve to illustrate the author's point of view very well. I would recommend this book as a reference, but not a guide for using type in practice.
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Digital Typography Sourcebook by Marvin Bryan (Paperback - November 29, 1996)
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