About face : reviving the rules of typography
by
 
Jury, David.

Title
About face : reviving the rules of typography

Author
Jury, David.

ISBN
9782880466770

Personal Author
Jury, David.

Publication Information
Switzerland ; Hove : RotoVision, ©2002.

Physical Description
159 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Contents
Classification -- Blackletter -- Old style -- Transitional -- Modern -- Sans serif -- Function -- Text type -- Display type -- Standard Fonts -- Roman uppercase and lowercase -- Numerals (lining and non-lining) -- Italics -- Punctuation -- Weight options -- Extended Fonts -- Small caps -- Swash caps -- Terminal characters -- Ligatures -- Fractions -- More about non-lining numerals -- Diacritics -- Pi-sorts -- Legibility -- Character recognition -- Colour and contrast -- Vision impairment -- Readability -- The nature of readability -- Words per line -- Uppercase and lowercase -- Bold faces -- Numerals -- Other factors -- Measurement -- Type measurement -- Horizontal measurement -- Vertical measurement -- Manipulating Space -- Space within words -- Space between words -- Space between lines -- Space around text -- Manipulating Type -- Grid structure -- Textual layout -- Tabular and tabled layout -- Paragraphs -- Alignment -- Word breaks and hyphens -- Proofreading -- Paper and Print -- Paper and boards -- Print -- Print finishing -- Binding -- Electronic Writing Systems -- Hypertext and hypermedia -- Language -- Language -- Writing -- Communication -- Information -- Rhetoric -- Creativity -- Typographer and technology -- Commercial values.

Subject Term
Graphic design (Typography)


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