Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (728 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1592533019 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Before relocating to Manhattan, he was principal of Physiologic in Syracuse, located in upstate New York. Samara is a faculty member at New York's School of Visual Arts, New York University, Purchase College/SUNY, and The New School, and has published six books on design and typography, all through Rockport Publishers: Making and Breaking the Grid; Typography Workbook; Publication Design Workbook; Type Style Finder; Design Elements; and, most recently, Design Evolution, released in January 2008. About the AuthorTimothy Samara is a graphic designer based in New York City, where he divides his time between teaching, writing, lecturing, and freelance consulting through STIM Visual Communic
"Be Careful About Kindle Version" according to LittleBee. Please be careful about purchasing this as a kindle book. Even if you view it in the cloud or from your desktop, the formatting of the book is not the same as the printed one. This is especially important because the formatting of a typography book is . not a workbook I'm a graphic design student. I chose this book because I wanted projects and exercises to work on. I read the entire first half and skimmed the second half. I found zero projects or exercises. I found a huge number of beautiful, high quality design ex. Mislabeled, but a great book nonetheless. Amazon Customer I bought this book to feed my insatiable appetite for information on typography. I have recently developed a strong interest in the subject, and figured that this purchase would be a good next step.Well, it fit the bill in the sense that it introduced
New in paperback, The Typography Workbook provides an at-a-glance reference book for designers on all aspects of type.The book is part of Rockport's popular Workbook series of practical and inspirational workbooks that cover all the fundamental areas of the graphic design business. This book presents an abundance of information on type - the cornerstone of graphic design - succinctly and to the point, so that designers can get the information they need quickly and easily.Whereas many other books on type are either very technical or showcase oriented, this book offers ideas and inspiration through hundreds of real-life projects showing successful, well-crafted usage of type. The book also offers a variety of other content, including choosing fonts, sizes, and colors; incorporating text and illustrations; avoiding common mistakes in text usage; and teaching rules by which to live (and work) by.
In 1990, he graduated a Trustee Scholar from the Graphic Design program at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. Mr. He has been a senior art director at Ruder Finn, New York's largest public relations firm, and senior art director at Pettistudio, a small multidisciplinary design firm. Samara and his partner live in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.. Before relocating to Manhattan, he was principal of Physiologic in Syracuse, located in upstate New York. Mr. Samara is a faculty memb