Books

Designing Type

by Karen Cheng

As one of a graphic designer’s most essential tools, typefaces influence the appearance of visual print materials perhaps more than any other component. This essential book explains the processes behind creating and designing type. Author Karen Cheng discusses issues of structure, optical compensation, and legibility, with special emphasis given to the often overlooked relationships... (more)

Top tags: graphic designtypography (all tags)

Readers

Groups

Other Reviews

Amazon Reviews
 

Most Helpful Reviews

Liked It

dahveedgr
  • Rated 5 stars

For either those that have been loving typography for many years, or those that just recently have fallen infatuated. This exhaustive documentation of type-crafting minutiae is a MUST-have for reference and obsessive appreciation of classic forms and details.

Karen's careful eye will help you dissect all the classics... Perhaps even discover missed aspects of a much-visited serif, perhaps finally understanding the commonality of a specific "m" proportion, perhaps understand the...

dahveedgr’s full review »
more reviews »
Community:
  • Rated 4 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 5 stars
 

Newest Comments

No discussions have been posted for this book yet. Go to the discussions page to start one!

Similar Books