| Description |
144 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Is this book for you? -- Mini-glossary -- Design principles: Joshua tree principle -- Four basic principles -- Proximity -- Alignment -- Repetition -- Contrast -- Review -- Designing with type: Type (& life): Categories of type -- Type contrasts -- Extras: So, do you get it? -- Answers to quizzes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Robin Williams Wrote this one "for all the people who now need to design pages, but who have no background or formal training in design". Follow the basic principles clearly explained in this book and your work is guaranteed to look more professional, organized, unified, and interesting. You'll never again look at a page in the same way. Full of practical design exercises and quizzes. Runner-up for Best Introductory Systems How-to Book in the 10th Annual Computer Press Awards |
| Notes |
This book is written for those who need to design pages, but have no background or formal training in design. It points out four basic concepts that are used in almost every well designed page |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-136) and index |
| Subject |
Book design.
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Design.
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Graphic arts.
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Layout (Printing)
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Layout (Printing) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Printing -- Style manuals.
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Printing -- Layout
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Esthetics.
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Art.
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Printing.
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Publishing.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| ISBN |
1566091594 |
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9781566091596 |
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