Overview

Beautifully designed and richly illustrated The Complete Manual of Typography, Second Edition, is the fully updated version of THE seminal book on typography by Jim Felici. This book is about how type should look and how to make it look that way – in other words, how to set type like a professional. It explains in practical terms how to use today’s digital tools to achieve the secret of good design: well set type. An essential reference for anyone who works with type: designers, print production professionals, and corporate communications managers can go to straight to the index to find focused answers to specific questions, while educators and students can read it as a text book from cover to cover.   You’ll Learn:   Basic Concepts and anatomy of good typography, indexed for quick reference by busy professionals How to manage fonts and handle corrupted or missing fonts on any operating system What makes good type good (and bad type bad) Techniques for working with measure, point-size, leading, kerning, and other type fundamentals Practical ways to fix composition problems such as loose lines, bad rags, windows, and orphans Hard-to-find rules for managing hyphenation and justification, indents, text wraps, and expert-set characters Secrets of how to wring out good type from uncooperative word-processing and layout problems The latest font technologies, including OpenType New typographic tools and improved font services in Operating Systems such as Windows and Mac OS New Techniques, and coverage of working methods such as style sheets. 35 page glossary of type terms

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Author:   James Felici
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Adobe Press,U.S.
Edition:   2nd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 20.40cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.714kg
ISBN:  

9780321773265

ISBN 10:   0321773268
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   04 August 2011
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1: Typographic Basics 1    The State of the Art and How We Got Here 2    Units of Typographic Measurement  3    About Typefaces 4    About Fonts 5    The Basics of Using Typefaces 6    Typesetting versus Typewriting 7    Setting Type on a Personal Computer 8    What Makes Good Type Good (and Bad Type Bad) Part 2: How to Set Type 9      Measure, Point Size, and Leading 10    Controlling Hyphenation and Justification 11    Kerning and Tracking 12    Managing Indention and Alignment 13    Special Characters and Special Situations 14    Document Structures and Typographic Conventions 15    Tables 16    Language-Specific Issues 17    Typesetting with StyleSheets 18    Resolution Issues: Print, Screen, and Web part three References

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