This comprehensive guide to creating and using digital type, both in print and for the web, is an essential reference for students and practising designers alike An introduction offers a brief history and discusses font classification, software and the ways in which the computer has revolutionized typography A section on good typographic practice ожтьп provides expert advice on issues such as legibility, contrast, size, line length, line spacing and justification, as well as guidance on how to lay out type and construct grids Step-by-step explanations are provided for creating a wide range of type effects: drop shadows, wood block style, bevel and emboss, gradients, fading type, type on curves, perforated type, and many more Designing type for the screen presents a new set of challenges and topics covered include editable HTML, type as an image and how to choose fonts, type size and colour A chapter on creating your own fonts discusses how to get the most out of industry-standard software - Fontographer and FontLab - and describes how to build up lefferforms and refine them in Photoshop or Illustrator Numerous creative approaches to font design discussed here include amending existing typefaces, combining typefaces and creating fonts out of found objects With clear, authoritative text and over 400 diagrams and full-colour illustrations, "The Complete Guide to Digital Type" will inform and inspire designers of all levels of exoerience Автор Andy Ellison.  SkeltonИздательство: Laurence King, 2007 г Мягкая обложка, 192 стр ISBN 978-1-85669-472-8 Язык: Английский Формат: 210x235 Мелованная бумага, Цветные иллюстрации.