The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type

by Christopher Perfect, Jeremy Austen

Provides a definitive visual survey of type to help the typographer use type to best effect. It features: profiles of influential designers; the qualities that make a type design effective; characteristics, applications, and creative uses of each of the seven major typeface groups; special typographic effects; and advantages and disadvantages of desk top publishing typography. A hands-on design guide for typographers, graphic artists, desk top publishers, and advertising production people who want to sharpen their attention to detail and develop a sensitive typographical eye.

Genres: Art Design, Design

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

Reviews

[Betsy]

Had to read this for school.. I found it a little short on information, though it was (naturally) beautifully designed.