Books

Welcome to the beta version of Shelfari’s new Book Detail pages!

These pages are editable by the community, so please contribute! Click here to learn more about this feature. We’d love to hear your feedback.

see page history

Description

• Includes 2 extensive timecharts, one on type designers, one on the evolution of writing and printing—reference at a glance • Newly revised and expanded • Hundreds of remarkable photographs and illustrations From the history of language and writing systems, to the development of... read more

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis

Write a ridiculously simplified synopsis.

First Sentence

Since the advent of personal computers, desktop publishing and the more recent development of the World Wide Web, millions of people have become accustomed to using fonts and working with type, but anyone asked to explain what typography was might feel at a loss, unclear of its boundaries or possibilities.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Andrew Haslam (Author)
  2. Phil Baines

Popular Tags

  1. design
  2. graphics
  3. non-fiction
  4. novex
  5. type
  6. typography 
 

Books with Additional Background Information

List the books that contain additional information about this book.

Books That Influenced This Book

List the books that influenced this book.


If you have any suggestions for how we can improve this page or if there are sections that you would like us to add, please let us know.

Advertisement