The Complete Manual of Typography

A Guide to Setting Perfect Type

James Felici

360 pages, parution le 17/10/2002

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Résumé

Clear and elegant... There's no better or more useful introduction to the whole craft of typography."
ROGER BLACK Danilo Black, Inc.

"All you've always wanted to know abut type and typography but never dared to ask. Jim Felici brings together a vast amount of knowledge in this book. Must-have!"
ERIK SPIEKERMANN author, Stop Stealing Sheep (and Find Out How Type Works).

"Until now, there has been no single technology-independent manual of typesetting to recommend. To the rescue: Jim Felici, wizard typographer, world-class explainer, with a book to benefit all of us."
MATTHEW CARTER type designer.

This book is about how type should look and how to make it look that way-in other words, how to set type like a professional. It explains in practical terms how to use today's computerized tools to achieve that secret of good design: well-set type.Beautifully designed and richly illustrated, The Complete Manual of Typography is an essential reference for anyone who works with type. Designers, print production professionals, and corporate communications managers can go straight to the index to find focused answers to specific questions, while educators and students can read it as a textbook from cover to cover. You'll learn:

Basic concepts and anatomy of good typography, indexed for quick reference by busy professionals
How to manage fonts and handle corrupted or missing fonts on any operating system
What makes good type good (and bad type bad)
Techniques for working with measure, point-size, leading, kerning, and other type fundamentals
Practical ways to fix composition problems such as loose lines, bad rags, widows, and orphans
Hard-to-find rules for managing hyphenation and justification, indents, alignments, text wraps, and expert-set characters
Secrets of how to wring good type from uncooperative word-processing and layout programs.

L'avis du libraire Eyrolles

Un des meilleurs ouvrages traitant des notions de base et du choix de la typographie anglaise. Son indépendance par rapport à la technique en fait une référence indémodable.

L'auteur - James Felici

James Felici travaille dans l'édition depuis plus de trente ans. Expert en pré-presse et en fabrication, journaliste et ancien éditeur de la revue Publish, il a pratiqué la composition manuelle sur Linotype et autres systèmes IBM. Il est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages : The desktop style guide (Bantam/ITC), How to get great type of your computer (North Light), et a collaboré à The Macintosh bible (Peachpit Press).

Sommaire

TYPOGRAPHIC BASICS
- The State of the Art and How We Got Here
- Units of Typographic Measurement
- About Typefaces
- About Fonts
- The Basics of Using Typefaces
- Typesetting versus Typewriting
- Setting Type on a Personal Computer
- What Make Good Type Good (and Bad Type Bad)
II. HOW TO SET TYPE
- Measure, Point Size, and Leading
- Controlling Hyphenation and Justification
- Kerning and Tracking
- Managing Indention and Alignment
- Special Characters and Special Situations
- Document Structures and Typographic Conventions
- Tables
- Language-Specific Issues
- Typesetting with Style Sheets
- Output-Resolution Issues

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Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Adobe Press
Auteur(s)	James Felici
Parution	17/10/2002
Nb. de pages	360
Format	20,3 x 25,3
Couverture	Broché
Poids	762g
Intérieur	2 couleurs
EAN13	9780321127303
ISBN13	978-0-321-12730-3