Typographic design is an integral element of any graphic designers arsenal of skills throughout a wide range of industries. This revised edition provides a solid introduction to type including: the evolution of typography from the 15th century to the present, anatomy of letter and type families, visual communication and design aesthetics, designing for legibility, typographic education including exercises, professional case studies, multiple-sized type specimens for better understanding of the major type families, a glossary of terms, and assorted appendices covering copyfitting, proofreader's marks, and a point-to-pica chart for the type specimens presented.
Rob Carter