Flexible typesetting
For the first time in hundreds of years, because of the web, the role of the typographer has changed. We no longer decide; we suggest. We no longer simply choose typefaces, font sizes, line spacing, and margins; we prepare and instruct text to make those choices for itself. In this book, Tim Brown i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, New York
A Book Apart
2018
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| Series: | A book apart
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | For the first time in hundreds of years, because of the web, the role of the typographer has changed. We no longer decide; we suggest. We no longer simply choose typefaces, font sizes, line spacing, and margins; we prepare and instruct text to make those choices for itself. In this book, Tim Brown illuminates the complex, beautiful world of typesetting--arguably the most important part of typography because it forms the backbone of the reading experience--and shows us how to parry the inevitable pressures that arise when we can no longer predict how, and where, our text will be read |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781937557706 |