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The complete manual of typography : a guide to setting perfect type / James Felici.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley, Calif. : Peachpit Press, c2003.Description: xx, 360, [1] p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0321127307 (pbk.)
  • 9780321127303 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 686.2/24 22
LOC classification:
  • Z250 .F44 2003
Contents:
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 makes good type good (and bad type bad) -- How to set type: Measure, point size, and leading ; Controlling hyphenation and justification ; Kerning and tracking ; Managing indentation and alignment ; Special characters and special situations ; Document structures and typographic conventions ; Tables ; Language-specific issues ; Tyepsetting with style sheets ; Output-resolution issues.
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"Foreword by Frank Romano"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]) and index.

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 makes good type good (and bad type bad) -- How to set type: Measure, point size, and leading ; Controlling hyphenation and justification ; Kerning and tracking ; Managing indentation and alignment ; Special characters and special situations ; Document structures and typographic conventions ; Tables ; Language-specific issues ; Tyepsetting with style sheets ; Output-resolution issues.

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