Definition -- Introduction -- What is typography -- Function -- Language: the spoken system -- Language: the written system -- Grammar -- lexicon -- Communication theories -- Form -- Towards a 26-letter alphabet -- Towards upper-and lower-case letters -- Classifying and describing typefaces -- Manufacture & design -- Type is not lettering -- Hand punchcutting and movable metal type -- Mechanical punchcutting and composition of metal type -- Phototypesetting -- Beyond the physical: digital typesetting -- Designing type today -- Structure -- Approaches to design -- Designing with type in two dimensions -- From the ten elements to unified design -- Typography in time: film and new media -- Conventions -- styling of details within text -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Timechart of type designers. keyboard mapping for Macintosh -- keyboard mapping for PC -- who's who of designers mentioned in this book -- ISO paper sizes.