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There's more to choosing a webfont than aesthetics-rendering, language support, hosting, and licensing are equally crucial to communicating your message. Think of webfonts as progressive enhancement and learn how to harness CSS and browser features to improve performance. From selection to optimization, Bram Stein's primer shows you how webfonts can make the web a more visually diverse, efficient, and readable environment.
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For the first time in hundreds of years, because of the web, the role of the typographer has changed. We no longer decide; we suggest. We no longer simply choose typefaces, font sizes, line spacing, and margins; we prepare and instruct text to make those choices for itself. In this book, Tim Brown illuminates the complex, beautiful world of typesetting-arguably the most important part of typography because it forms the backbone of the reading experience-and...
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A full-color illustrated compendium chronicling the magical twenty-year journey of acclaimed art and design studio, MinaLima, the creative genius behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film series.
"It all started with a letter . . ."
Miraphora Mina and Eduardo Lima began their extraordinary partnership in 2001 when Warner Bros. invited them to realize the imaginative visual universe of the Harry Potter film series. The two artists would never...
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From the diet you're going to start tomorrow to that call you were about to make when something (anything) else came up-life is full of little lies that get us through the day. With Daily Dishonesty, designer and blogger Lauren Hom pays homage to the (mostly) innocent foibles that make us human. With 150+ hilariously common lies, beautifully illustrated by Hom, Daily Dishonesty touches on topics from breakups, friendship, and growing up to slacking...
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Get inspired by 60 hand-lettered alphabets and the artists who draw them! This beautiful follow-up to “100 Days of Lettering” helps you master the techniques so you can use them in your own designs.
In his latest hand-lettering guide, designer and illustrator Jay Roeder has compiled a vibrant collection of alphabets that will have you racing for your pens, markers, and sketchbooks. He explains everything you need to know to create each set of...
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Typography is your design's voice and the most powerful tool you have to communicate with your readers. Learn how to wield type with care and wit: how to evaluate typefaces, consider technical constraints, create flexible typographic systems, and put together your own collection of favorite faces.
Jason Santa Maria wants you to see type beyond code or flourishes. You'll discover how typography shapes the way we read and how you can adapt the craft's...
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This essential volume by the godfather of modern graphic design explores his process and showcases his highly influential early-career work.
This gorgeously illustrated volume delves into the early decades of America's pre-eminent graphic artist. Milton Glaser's work ranges from the iconic I Love New York logo to the famous psychedelic Bob Dylan poster and numerous book and record covers; it encompasses everything from store and restaurant design...
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In this show-stopping guide with more than 75 uniquely designed three-color spreads-a rollicking linguistic ride for fans of Eats, Shoots & Leaves and Just My Type-award-winning graphic designer Michael Arndt explores both the typographic origins, names, and shapes of common punctuation marks and symbols, as well as the proper and diverse usage of each.
From the period to the question mark, the semicolon to the em dash, symbols and marks are an...
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