The Complete Guide to Digital Type: Creative Use of Typography in the Digital Arts

by Andy Ellison

This comprehensive guide to creating and using digital type, both in print and for the web, is an essential reference for students and practicing designers alike. An introduction offers a brief history and discusses font classification, software, and the ways in which the computer has revolutionized typography. A section on good typographic practice provides expert advice on issues such as legibility, contrast, size, line length, line spacing, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060727926
• ISBN13: 9780060727925
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.0" x 9.0"