Overview
""The Visual Dictionary of Typography"" is a guide to the many and varied terms used within typography. Arranged alphabetically from abstraction to x-height and blackletter to widow, each term is explained and contextualized with illustrations. More than 250 typographical terms are included. From practical terms such as accents, bitmap and classification to movements and styles such as constructivism, De Stijl, modernism and Swiss typography, this book contains both modern terminology and traditional terms still in current usage. ""The Visual Dictionary of Typography"" is an easy-to-use reference that will prove invaluable to anyone interested in typography.
Full Product Details
Author: Gavin Ambrose ,
Paul Harris
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: AVA Publishing SA
Dimensions:
Width: 12.20cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 16.30cm
Weight: 0.430kg
ISBN: 9782940411184
ISBN 10: 2940411182
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 04 October 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
A well presented and easily accessible primer about typography ... The scale of the book is very user friendly and easily transportable. The print quality is, as always with AVA publications, very high, and the relationship between image and text clear and unfussy. Nigel Ball, University Campus Suffolk, UK. An excellent resource for both staff and students. Easy to use, plain and simple informative language. Layout, text and style contemporary and easy to follow, glossary and index well written. Julie H. Brown, University of Bolton, UK. I love the visual dictionary, and I think it is a wonderful resource, to quickly find key workds and understand the terminology and definition ... I love the simple layout and imagery that are used. This is a really great guide for beginners - who want to get a basic understanding of the terminology of type. Kyle Iman, Art Institute of Salt Lake City, USA. A great reference resource on typography - an aspect of design that I have found students struggle with. The usual accessibility and rich visual examples I expect from Ambrose and Harris. Philip Dixon, Southampton Solent University, UK.
"""A well presented and easily accessible primer about typography ... The scale of the book is very user friendly and easily transportable. The print quality is, as always with AVA publications, very high, and the relationship between image and text clear and unfussy."" Nigel Ball, University Campus Suffolk, UK. ""An excellent resource for both staff and students. Easy to use, plain and simple informative language. Layout, text and style contemporary and easy to follow, glossary and index well written."" Julie H. Brown, University of Bolton, UK. ""I love the visual dictionary, and I think it is a wonderful resource, to quickly find key workds and understand the terminology and definition ... I love the simple layout and imagery that are used. This is a really great guide for beginners - who want to get a basic understanding of the terminology of type."" Kyle Iman, Art Institute of Salt Lake City, USA. ""A great reference resource on typography - an aspect of design that I have found students struggle with. The usual accessibility and rich visual examples I expect from Ambrose and Harris."" Philip Dixon, Southampton Solent University, UK."
Author Information
Gavin Ambrose is a practising graphic designer whose client base includes the arts sector, galleries, publishers and advertising agencies. He has written and designed several books on graphic design, branding and packaging. Paul Harris studied at the London College of Communication and has gone on to become a freelance writer and editor. His work has appeared extensively in magazines and journals on both sides of the Atlantic, including style bible Dazed & Confused.
