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Listening to type : making language visible / Alex W. White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Alex (Alex W.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Printing--History.
- Printing.
- History.
- Design--History.
- Design.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 261 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Allworth Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Type and design. What is type and where is it found? ; The language of type ; Space and type ; Working with type: type with jobs
- What readers want. What makes readers respond ; Readability, then legibility ; Typography unity
- Creativity. Fresh vs. familier ; Type and identity ; How to evolve type treatments ; Type and imagery
- Typography timeline. Handwriting and lettering until 1449 ; Type 1450-1913 ; Type 1914-1945 ; Type 1946-1982 ; Type 1983 onward
- Appendix: Twenty-six letters evolve over three eras.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1621535355
- 9781621535355
- OCLC:
- 936534232
- Publisher Number:
- 99969513962
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