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Author Clair, Kate.

Title A typographic workbook : a primer to history, techniques, and artistry / Kate Clair
Edition Second edition
Published New York ; Chichester : Wiley, [1999]
©1999

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 MELB  686.225 Cla/Twa 2005  AVAILABLE
Description xii, 371 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Contents 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
SUBJECT QuarkXPress (Computer file) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86025156
Subject Computerized typesetting.
Typesetting -- History.
Graphic design (Typography)
Typesetting.
Author Busic-Snyder, Cynthia.
LC no. 99014424
ISBN 0471292370 (alk. paper)