The visual dictionary of typography

Author

• Ambrose, Gavin

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

London: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2017

Language

English

ISBN

9781474293488

Series

Visual dictionaries

Subject(s)

• GRAPHIC DESIGN (TYPOGRAPHY)
• LAYOUT (PRINTING)
• PRINTING

Notes

• Includes index.

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Abstract

The Visual Dictionary of Typography is a guide to the many and varied terms used within typography. Arranged alphabetically from abstraction to x-height and blackletter to widow, each term is explained and contextualized with illustrations. More than 250 typographical terms are included. From practical terms such as accents, bitmap and classification to movements and styles such as constructivism, De Stijl, modernism and Swiss typography, this book contains both modern terminology and traditional terms still in current usage. The Visual Dictionary of Typography is an easy-to-use reference that will prove invaluable to anyone interested in typography and graphic design.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (288 p.)

Dimension

-

Other Desc.

col. ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Cover --
Title Page --
Copyright --
How to get the most out of this book --
Introduction --
Contents --
The Dictionary --
A --
Abbreviations --
Abstraction --
Accents and diacritics --
Acronyms --
Alignment --
Alphabet --
Ambiguity --
Ampersand --
Anatomy --
Ancillary characters --
Animation --
Apex --
Apostrophe --
Appropriation --
Arabic --
Architectural typography --
B --
Baseline --
Baseline shift --
Baskerville, John --
Bauhaus --
Bespoke typography --
B233;zier --
Bitmap/Bitmapped fonts --
Black letter --
Bodoni, Giambattista --
Body copy --
Bowl --
Brace --
Brackets --
Braille --
Branding --
Broadside --
Bullets --
C --
Calligraphy --
Cap height --
Capitalisation --
Caption --
Carving --
Caxton, William --
Cinema --
Clarendons --
Classification systems --
Clothing --
Collection --
Colour --
Column --
Comma --
Commission --
Complementary --
Condensed --
Constructed --
Constructivism --
Contrast --
Corporate typography --
Counter --
Craft --
Cross head --
Crystal Goblet, The --
Currency symbols --
Cyrillic --
D --
De Stijl --
Denotive and cognitive meaning --
Didot point --
Die cut --
Digital fonts --
Dingbats --
Display fonts --
Drop caps --
Dual language --
E --
Eclectic --
Ellipsis --
Em and en --
Embossing and debossing --
Emigre --
Emoticon --
Environmental typography --
Ephemera --
Ethics --
Expert sets --
Face/Family --
Fat face --
Fibonacci series --
Fist --
Fixed width --
Fleurons --
Flourish --
Foil --
Folio --
Font/Typeface --
Font libraries --
Footer --
Footnotes --
Fractions --
Fraktur --
Frutiger8217;s grid --
G --
Geometric --
Gill, Eric --
Glyphic --
Glyphs --
Gothic --
Grids --
Grotesque --
Guillemets --
Gutenberg --
Gutter --
H --
H & J --
Hairline --
Hand drawn --
Hang line --
Hart8217;s Rules --
Header/Running head --
Hierarchy --
Hot metal --
House style --
Humanistic --
Hyphen --
Hyphenation --
I --
Identity --
Indents --
Indexes --
Inline --
Inspiration --
International style --
Italic --
K --
Kerning --
Kerning pairs and tables --
L --
Latin characters --
Latin typefaces --
Layers --
Leader --
Leading --
Leg --
Legibility --
Letraset --
Letterpress --
Letter spacing --
Ligatures --
Line endings --
Logotype --
M --
Magazine --
MAJUSCULES --
Manipulation --
Margin --
Marginalia --
Mark making --
Masthead --
Measure --
Miedinger, Max --
Minuscules --
Mix --
Modern --
Modernism --
Modular scales --
Moving image --
Museums and exhibitions --
Music --
N --
Names --
Naming --
Newspapers --
Non Latin --
Numerals --
O --
Old Style --
Opacity --
OpenTyp.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00251/20	686.2203 Amb V	Online !	Available