Have designs on better-looking publications? Here’s how to make them happen! Whether you’re an experienced designer or just want to create a cool newsletter for the school soccer team, InDesign is th
John Day (1522a€“1584) is generally acknowledged to be the foremost English printer of the later sixteenth century. As well as printing some of the most important books of his day, most notably John F
In Printing the Middle Ages Si?n Echard looks to the postmedieval, postmanuscript lives of medieval texts, seeking to understand the lasting impact on both the popular and the scholarly imaginations
This book asks a set of unusual and fascinating questions - why is early Chinese printing so little acknowledged, despite anticipating Gutenberg by centuries? Why are the religious elements of early
A cross-platform guide to the page layout program explains how to navigate the interface, create documents, and work with text, color, graphics, and preflighting.
A specialist in Hebrew book history, Heller has gathered articles he wrote for various scholarly journals, along with a new one, that provide snapshots of the early period of Hebrew book publishing th
Symbolic Caxton is the first study to explore the introduction of printing in symbolic terms. It presents a powerful literary history in which the fifteenth century is crucial to the overall story of
This is supposed to be the age of instant and constant communication, right? And if you have a business, belong to an organization, or have a cause you want to promote, a great-looking flyer or brochu
This accessible and comprehensive guide to visual journalism - the design of magazines and newspapers, both in their print and online forms - is an essential resource. Illustrated with case studies,
Good graphic design relies on a simple, fundamental concept: the grid. With the invisible, unifying structure they provide, grids bring consistency and visual harmony to multi-page or multi-screen doc
This reference is a fascinating and complete guide to using fonts and typography on the Web and across a variety of operating systems and application software. Fonts & Encodings shows you how to t
Typosphere is a comprehensive guide for typographers and graphic designers who are fascinated by the latest font designs and their use in editorial design. The book is divided into different chapt
In this digital age of computer-generated graphics and typography, it's refreshing to find typographers who still believe in working by hand. No longer relegated to designer's sketchbooks, hand-drawn
A quiet revolution in knowledge separated the early modern period in Japan from all previous time. After 1600, self-appointed investigators used the model of the land and cartographic surveys of the n
When undertaking a new project, the first thing that must be decided on is the layout. Organized so as to encourage creativity, serendipitous discovery, and inspiration, The Layout Look Book is a grea
Eisenstein's 1979 The Printing Press as an Agent of Change has itself been an agent of change in many disciplines, was responsible for the creation of print culture studies as a new field of study, an
In 1960, Jon Edgar and Louise "Gypsy Lou" Webb founded Loujon Press on Royal Street in New Orleans's French Quarter. The small publishing house quickly became a giant. Heralded by the Village Voice an
While QuarkXPress has been the most-widely used page-layout program in the world, Adobe InDesign is rapidly gaining ground with better typography and transparency features, speedier performance, and m
In the world of design, projects don't come with directions. The "recipe book" approach used by most software books does little to prepare designers for the demands of a highly competitive industry.
New Typographic Design covers a wide variety of applications from design for print - ranging from books, magazines, and brochures - to signage systems and screen-based typography, presenting the most
