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Author : CHRIS. RAUSCH CAMPE (ULRIKE.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0500241554
Author : Karen Cheng
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780300249927
The now-classic introduction to designing typography, handsomely redesigned and updated for the digital age In this invaluable book, Karen Cheng explains the processes behind creating and designing type, one of the most important tools of graphic design. She addresses issues of structure, optical compensation, and legibility, with special emphasis given to the often-overlooked relationships between letters and shapes in font design. In this second edition, students and professional graphic designers alike will benefit from an expanded discussion of the creative practice of designing type—what designers need to consider, their rationale, and issues of accessibility—in the context of contemporary processes for the digital age. Illustrated with more than 400 diagrams that demonstrate visual principles and letter construction, ranging from informal progress sketches to final type designs and diagrams, this essential guide analyzes a wide range of classic and modern typefaces, including those from many premier type foundries. Cheng’s text covers the history of type, the primary systems of typeface classification, the parts of a letter, and the effects of new technology on design methodology, among many other key topics.
Author : Simon Garfield
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781101577813
A hugely entertaining and revealing guide to the history of type that asks, What does your favorite font say about you? Fonts surround us every day, on street signs and buildings, on movie posters and books, and on just about every product we buy. But where do fonts come from, and why do we need so many? Who is responsible for the staid practicality of Times New Roman, the cool anonymity of Arial, or the irritating levity of Comic Sans (and the movement to ban it)? Typefaces are now 560 years old, but we barely knew their names until about twenty years ago when the pull-down font menus on our first computers made us all the gods of type. Beginning in the early days of Gutenberg and ending with the most adventurous digital fonts, Simon Garfield explores the rich history and subtle powers of type. He goes on to investigate a range of modern mysteries, including how Helvetica took over the world, what inspires the seeming ubiquitous use of Trajan on bad movie posters, and exactly why the all-type cover of Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus was so effective. It also examines why the "T" in the Beatles logo is longer than the other letters and how Gotham helped Barack Obama into the White House. A must-have book for the design conscious, Just My Type's cheeky irreverence will also charm everyone who loved Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Schott's Original Miscellany.
Author : Allan Haley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Alphabets
ISBN : UOM:39015041780886
Typography is not only a communication tool but an artistic vehicle as well. Type: Hot Designers Make Cool Fonts explores how award-winning designers create and use typography employing the computer as a design tool. Whether you want to design your own typeface or adapt an existing one, Type offer indispensable direction and instruction from the best typographers in the business through twelve illustrated case studies. Each section provides biographical information, an examination of recent work, sketches and screen shots, and images illustrating the type in place. Each designer offers an insider's look at the intriguing process of modern type design in his or her own words.
Author : Mary C Dyson,Ching Y Suen
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-29
Category : Design
ISBN : 9789814759557
' The book is a collection of invited chapters by renowned experts and is part of a series on Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, and Intelligent Systems. The content is wide-ranging, encompassing perspectives from computer science to social science to design and reflecting the considerable experience of researchers, teachers and practitioners. This diversity offers rigorous approaches to the topic of Digital fonts and reading, organised in four sections: vision and reading; scientific approaches to reading; perspectives on type design practice; and using type. The heavily illustrated text includes original research, case studies, reviews, and practical advice, serving as a useful handbook or reference to inform design for reading. Traditionally, there has been a separation between researchers and practitioners, with different agendas. This book bridges the gap between scientific testing and design experience and considers the reader''s perspective. The collection aims to resonate with academics and students, experienced or novice typographic or interface designers and software engineers, and engage with anyone who has an interest in type and reading. Contents:Vision and Reading:The Effect of Type Design and Typesetting on Visually Impaired Readers (Eleni Beveratou)Matilda: A Typeface for Children with Low Vision (Ann Bessemans)Scientific Approaches to Reading:Sitka: A Collaboration Between Type Design and Science (Kevin Larson and Matthew Carter)Eye Movements: From Psycholinguistics to Font Design (Timothy J Slattery)Designing Legible Fonts for Distance Reading (Sofie Beier)Effects of Interword Spacing on Chinese Children''s Reading Abilities (Hsiu-Feng Wang)Perspectives on Type Design Practice:Elements of Chinese Typeface Design (Xiaoqing Lu and Ting Tang)Optimizing Type for Use in Specific Media (Eben Sorkin)''Harmonised Type Design'' Revisited (Titus Nemeth)Using Pattern Languages in Typographic Design (Rob Mckaughan)Using Type:How Does Expertise Contribute to the Recognition of Latin and Chinese Characters? (Mary C Dyson, Keith Tam, Clare Leake, Brian Kwok)Newspaper Text (Lucie Lacava)Perception of Fonts: Perceived Personality Traits and Appropriate Uses (A Dawn Shaikh and Barbara Chaparro)Legibility and Readability of Arabic Fonts on Personal Digital Assistants PDAs (Mrouj Almuhajri and Ching Y Suen) Readership: Design practitioners and software engineers. Keywords:Digital Font;Type Font and Reading;Type Design Practice;Design for Reading'
Author : Bruce Willen,Nolen Strals
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 156898765X
A guide to type design and lettering that includes relevant theory, history, explanatory diagrams, exercises, photographs, and illustrations, and features interviews with various designers, artists, and illustrators.
Author : David Bergsland
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781458387882
Practical Font Design has built a niche for itself among graphic and Web designers who want to build their own fonts: especially with the first book. I learned a lot since I wrote that first book. This radically revised, updated, and expanded third edition combines the first two books. They are rearranged so they make a lot more sense and some brand new material is added. This is a quick introduction showing a workflow to build new fonts using FontLab 5. Fourteen fonts are developed in this book including an 8-font text family and a companion 4-font sans serif for headers. The techniques are simple and easy to understand. The results are completely under your control.
Author : Yannis Haralambous
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
Page : 1040 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-09-26
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780596102425
The era of ASCII characters on green screens is long gone. Industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard. This book explains information on fonts and typography that software and web developers need to know to get typography and fonts to work properly.
Author : Jason Beaird,Alex Walker,James George
Publisher : SitePoint Pty Ltd
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781098124748
The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is the ideal book for anyone who wants to design stunning websites that provide a great user experience. Perhaps you're a developer who wants to understand how to make your applications more visually appealing, or you're a novice who wants to start on the path to becoming a designer. This book will teach you how to: Understand what makes "good design," from discovery through to implementation Use color effectively, develop color schemes, and create a palette Create pleasing layouts using grids, the rule of thirds, and symmetry Employ textures: lines, points, shapes, volumes, and depth Apply typography to make ordinary designs look great Choose, edit, and position effective imagery This easy-to-follow guide is illustrated with beautiful, full-color examples, and will lead you through the process of creating great designs from start to finish. The fourth edition of this bestselling book has been greatly revised and now features: Updated and expanded coverage responsive web design techniques A new sample project New sections on pattern libraries and how design fits on modern app development workflows Common user-interface patterns and resources
Author : Gail Anderson,Gaile Anderson,Steven Heller
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-13
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781780679938
This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good design. Broken into sections covering the fundamental elements of design, key works by acclaimed designers serve to illustrate technical points and encourage readers to try out new ideas. Themes covered include narrative, colour, illusion, ornament, simplicity, and wit and humour. The result is an instantly accessible and easy to understand guide to graphic design using professional techniques.
Author : Joel Katz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781118420096
"The book itself is a diagram of clarification, containing hundreds of examples of work by those who favor the communication of information over style and academic postulation—and those who don't. Many blurbs such as this are written without a thorough reading of the book. Not so in this case. I read it and love it. I suggest you do the same." —Richard Saul Wurman "This handsome, clearly organized book is itself a prime example of the effective presentation of complex visual information." —eg magazine "It is a dream book, we were waiting for...on the field of information. On top of the incredible amount of presented knowledge this is also a beautifully designed piece, very easy to follow..." —Krzysztof Lenk, author of Mapping Websites: Digital Media Design "Making complicated information understandable is becoming the crucial task facing designers in the 21st century. With Designing Information, Joel Katz has created what will surely be an indispensable textbook on the subject." —Michael Bierut "Having had the pleasure of a sneak preview, I can only say that this is a magnificent achievement: a combination of intelligent text, fascinating insights and - oh yes - graphics. Congratulations to Joel." —Judith Harris, author of Pompeii Awakened: A Story of Rediscovery Designing Information shows designers in all fields - from user-interface design to architecture and engineering - how to design complex data and information for meaning, relevance, and clarity. Written by a worldwide authority on the visualization of complex information, this full-color, heavily illustrated guide provides real-life problems and examples as well as hypothetical and historical examples, demonstrating the conceptual and pragmatic aspects of human factors-driven information design. Both successful and failed design examples are included to help readers understand the principles under discussion.
Author : Matt Carter
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-31
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780123859709
Designing Science Presentations guides researchers and graduate students of virtually any discipline in the creation of compelling science communication. Most scientists never receive formal training in the creation, delivery, and evaluation of such material, yet it is essential for publishing in high-quality journals, soliciting funding, attracting lab personnel, and advancing a career. This clear, readable volume fills that gap and provides visually intensive guidance at every step—from the construction of original figures to the presentation and delivery of those figures in papers, slideshows, posters, and websites. It provides pragmatic advice on the preparation and delivery of exceptional scientific presentations; demonstrates hundreds of visually striking presentation techniques, giving readers inspiration for creating their own; and is structured so that readers can easily find answers to particular questions. Clear heading for each section indicates its message, highlighted with graphic illustrations Two summary paragraphs that complement the visual images and clearly discuss the main point Numerous examples of high-quality figures, page layouts, slides, posters, and web pages to help stimulate readers' ideas for their own presentations Numerous "before and after" examples to illustrate the contrast between poor and outstanding presentations
Author : James Craig,Irene Korol Scala
Publisher : Watson-Guptill
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780823014132
The classic Designing with Type has been completely redesigned, with an updated format and full color throughout. New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. The fifth edition has been integrated with a convenient website, www.designingwithtype.com, where students and teachers can examine hundreds of design solutions and explore a world of typographic information. First published more than thirty-five years ago, Designing with Type has sold more than 250,000 copies—and this fully updated edition, with its new online resource, will educate and inspire a new generation of designers.
Author : Lisa Sabin-Wilson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-05-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118093825
Learn how WordPress can help you create a unique, customized Web site Once only a platform for bloggers, WordPress is gaining popularity as a tool for creating individualized Web sites. WordPress expert Lisa Sabin-Wilson makes it easy for anyone with a basic knowledge of the WordPress software to create a custom site using complimentary technologies including CSS, HTML, and PHP. This easy-to-follow, full-color guide helps you identify the tools and technologies you need to create the site you envision, build a user-friendly navigation system, select colors and layouts, work with existing WordPress themes, and even develop your own theme to personalize your site. WordPress offers a versatile tool for building customized Web sites; this full-color book walks you through the process, explains the complimentary technologies involved, and shows you how to select colors, fonts, and themes Case studies illustrate the process and the effects that can be achieved Shows how to incorporate WordPress templates, graphic design principles, HTML, CSS, and PHP to build a truly one-of-a-kind Web site If you know how to use WordPress software to create a blog, WordPress Web Design For Dummies will enable you to quickly and easily construct a unique Web site for your business, organization, or personal use.
Author : Craig Grannell,Victor Sumner,Dionysios Synodinos
Publisher : Apress
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781430237877
The Essential Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 Web Design has been fully revised from its critically acclaimed first edition, and updated to include all of the new features and best practices of HTML5 and CSS3. This book reveals all you'll need to design great web sites that are standards-compliant, usable, and aesthetically pleasing, but it won't overwhelm you with waffle, theory, or obscure details! You will find The Essential Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 Web Design invaluable at any stage of your career, with its mixture of practical tutorials and reference material. Beginners will quickly pick up the basics, while more experienced web designers and developers will keep returning to the book again and again to read up on techniques they may not have used for a while, or to look up properties, attributes and other details. This book is destined to become a close friend, adopting a permanent place on your desk. The Essential Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 Web Design starts off with a brief introduction to the web and web design, before diving straight in to HTML5 and CSS3 basics, reusing code, and other best practices you can adopt. The book then focuses on the most important areas of a successful web site: typography, images, navigation, tables, layouts, forms and feedback (including ready-made PHP scripts) and browser quirks, hacks and bugs. The Essential Guide to HTML5 and CSS3 Web Design is completely up-to-date, covering support of the newest standards in all the latest browsers, including IE 9 and Firefox 4. The last chapter of the book provides several case studies to dissect and learn from, including all the most popular web site archetypes—a blog, a store front, a corporate home page, and an online gallery. You'll also appreciate several detailed reference appendices covering CSS, HTML, color references, entities, and more—any details you need to look up will be close at hand.