Book Description
Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography
with this masterful style guide.Combining the practical, theoretical, and historical, this edition is completely updated, with a thorough exploration of the newest innovations in intelligent font technology, and is a must-have for graphic artists
, editors, or anyone working with the printed page using digital or traditional methods.This lovely, well-written book is concerned foremost with creating beautiful typography and is essential for professionals who regularly work with typographic designs.
Author Robert Bringhurst writes about designing with the correct typeface; striving for rhythm, proportion, and harmony; choosing and combining type; designing pages; using section heads, subheads, footnotes, and tables; applying kerning and other type adjustments to improve legibility; and adding special characters, including punctuation and diacritical marks.
The Elements of Typographic Style teaches the history of and the artistic and practical perspectives on a variety of type families that are available in Europe and America today.
The last section of the book classifies and displays many type families, offers a glossary of typography terms, and lists type designers and type foundries
.The book briefly mentions digital typography, but otherwise ignores it, focusing instead on general typography and page- and type-design
issues.Its examples include text in a variety of languages--including English, Russian, German, and Greek--which is particularly helpful if your work has a multinational focus.
About the Author
Robert Bringhurst
is a poet, typographer and author who has also written about native issues.Born in Los Angeles, California, he was raised in Utah, Montana, Wyoming, Alberta, and British Columbia. Bringhurst studied architecture, linguistics, and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and comparative literature and philosophy at the University of Utah. He holds a BA from Indiana University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia.
Among most graphic designers, the word "Bringhurst" is synonymous with his The Elements of Typographic Style—a reference book of typefaces
, glyphs and the visual and geometric arrangement of type.He lives near Vancouver, British Columbia.
Some Review
Great Typography book -A Must for serious designers!
From A to Z, this book covers all aspects of typography. If you thought you knew a lot about fonts, their history, usage, manipulation and every aspect -this book will show you how much you really don't know. A definite must read for the serious type nut.
By Andre Le Masurier "Font Nerd" (Toronto, Canada)
From A to Z, this book covers all aspects of typography. If you thought you knew a lot about fonts, their history, usage, manipulation and every aspect -this book will show you how much you really don't know. A definite must read for the serious type nut.
By Andre Le Masurier "Font Nerd" (Toronto, Canada)
Wonderful!
A really useful and interesting book for every person interested on typography and book editing. Really well writed and presented. Thanks!
By Ipsitilla (Spain)
A really useful and interesting book for every person interested on typography and book editing. Really well writed and presented. Thanks!
By Ipsitilla (Spain)
Typographic External links
"Typography" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Type Design" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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