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

by Sean Cavanaugh (Author), Ken Oyer (Author)
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Product Description
Appealing to graphic designers and desktop publishers, Cavanaugh's guide provides an aesthetic and technical approach to the discussion of typography. To compliment the text, over 200 fonts are included that showcase the art and practicality of typography. The CD contains over 200 typefaces licensed from SoftMaker, Inc.

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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.com Sales Rank: #1,331,088 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Mediorcre book with inflated reviews., November 17, 1999
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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Should be called the digital type bible, September 7, 1999
By Ploni Almoni (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This is a high quality book on typography and a great value!, May 4, 1999
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As a college professor who has taught typography for the past 12 years, I have been waiting for a book & CD like this. The type history, technique tutorials, font handling tips and specimens are good overviews for my students and the font library is great. These fonts are good quality, and better yet, the CD contains both IBM & Mac in two formats for cross platform work. This is a good complete font library for beginners who are stuck using that long list of bad novelty display fonts which loaded with a word processing program. Also, any outdated info in the technical section (re: versions of software) is updated on the author's website.
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