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The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Third Edition
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The Non-Designer’s Design Book, Third Edition

by Robin Williams
February 2008
Beginner
208 pages
4h 50m
English
Peachpit Press
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Part . Designing with Type

The second half of this book deals specifically with type, since type is what design is all about, yes?

This section particularly addresses the problem of combining more than one typeface on the page.

Although I focus on the aesthetics of type, never forget that your purpose is communication.

The type should never inhibit the communication.

Designing with Type

What Type Shall I use?

 

The gods refuse to answer.

They refuse because they do not know.

 
 --W.A. DWIGGINS
What Type Shall I use?
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