Book description
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 shows us how to parry the inevitable pressures that arise when we can no longer predict how, and where, our text will be read.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. What is Typesetting?
- Chapter 2. Preparing Text and Code
- Chapter 3. Selecting Typefaces
- Chapter 4. Shaping Text Blocks
- Chapter 5. Crafting Compositions
- Chapter 6. Relieving Pressure
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- Resources
- References
- Index
- About A Book Apart
- About the Author
Product information
- Title: Flexible Typesetting
- Author(s):
- Release date: July 2018
- Publisher(s): A Book Apart
- ISBN: 9781937557706
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