Machine derived contents note: Ancient Writing Systems. -- Roman Empire--Middle Ages Typography. -- Renaissance Typography/Printing. -- Colonial/Industrial Typography. -- Parts of a Character. -- 20th Century Typography. -- Changes in Printing Technology. -- Measuring/Spacing Type. -- Five Historic Families. -- Optical Adjustments to Typefaces. -- Font/Family of Type. -- Readability/Legibility. -- Matching Type with Message. -- Type Specification/Proofreading. -- Typographic Hierarchy. -- Using Type Creatively. -- Type in Black, White and Gray. -- Unique Considerations of Text Type. -- The Grid Structure. -- Computer and Type. -- Type Samples. -- Typographic Glossary