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Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography (Designing With Type)
The classic Designing with Type has been completely redesigned, with an updated format and full color throughout. New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. The fifth edition has been integrated with a convenient website, www.designingwithtype.com, where students and teachers...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
May 1st 2006
by Watson-Guptill
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Given my profession, I was unsettled by this practical recommendation on p.138:
"Try to avoid spending excessive amounts of time discussing or philosophizing about what you might do, since this is a highly developed form of procrastination and reflects an uncertainty of just how to proceed".
And I wonder why the authors feel entitled to the following dogmatic statement on the same page, given their ability throughout the rest of the work to outline general heuri...more
"Try to avoid spending excessive amounts of time discussing or philosophizing about what you might do, since this is a highly developed form of procrastination and reflects an uncertainty of just how to proceed".
And I wonder why the authors feel entitled to the following dogmatic statement on the same page, given their ability throughout the rest of the work to outline general heuri...more
Absolutely stellar. After trying to sort through some other books on graphic design and typography, this one was a pleasant, clear, insightful read that didn't just give the rules of design but explained them so I could both understand and start brainstorming.
When I was a typesetter, this was the bible, not for everyday look-ups but for reading to learn the basics and for guidelines and for ways to think about the box and the rules and how and when to flout them.
If you've never studied typography, then this is definitely the book for you.
Definitely worth a read! But, in my opinion, not a buy.
I had to get this book for my typography class and I found this to be very informative, and the background on some of the most used typefaces helped. But at times I found the book to be rather dry and boring.
I'm actually reading the 3rd edition, and it looks from this that they're up to the 5th by now, so my impressions won't be entirely up-to-date...
Useful exercises and a clear, excellent primer on typography and how it can be used in graphic design.
Randomly picked this up at the library. Surprising learned quite a bit.
A great introduction to the basics.
pretty basic, but good information
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