A Typographic Workbook: A Primer to History, Techniques, and Artistry

Lavishly illustrated with more than 450 images, A Typographic Workbook, Second Edition explains the process successful designers use to select, space, and creatively integrate fonts. This essential text demonstrates the use of type as a dynamic and expressive communication tool. This edition provides new and updated coverage of a broad range of topics-from a logical, clear historical overview of the craft to the latest digital technologies. Known for its highly interactive format, this Second Edition continues to include helpful review questions and multiple-choice quizzes, as well as many new projects and skill-building exercises that help readers immediately apply what they have learned. A Typographic Workbook, Second Edition is a valuable professional resource for working designers and an indispensable training tool for graphic design students.

Author: Kate Clair, Cynthia Busic-Snyder
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 08/01/2005
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.98lbs
Size: 10.84h x 8.48w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780471696902

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2007 pg. 296

About the Author
KATE CLAIR is a general partner in Hats-Off Impressions, a design firm based in Binghamton, New York. She is also a faculty member in the Communication Design Department at Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

CYNTHIA BUSIC-SNYDER is Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Coordinator of Graphic Design Studies in the Department of Art at Mohawk Valley Community College in Utica, New York.