Typography Pocket Essentials

Download or read book Typography Pocket Essentials written by Alastair Campbell and published by Ilex Press. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Typography is the most ubiquitous of the graphic arts, with all of us now having access to innumerable fonts and the typographic tools that can, in the right hands, lift any text from the mundane to the beautiful. Opening with an overview of the history of the art, Typography Pocket Essentials introduces the key principles and techniques of typography, and presents 200 of the most useful and important fonts, making it a handy primer and essential reference guide all rolled into one. - Learn the rich history of the art, from Gutenberg to Neville Brody and beyond - Master the principles of effective typography and create beautiful documents yourself - 200 key fonts are profiled for easy reference and rapid selection