November 2011
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
15h 6m
English
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Index
Page numbers in italic refer to illustrations
ABA form
Academy of Art University, 205
Acropolis (Athens, Greece), 3
Adobe, 25
Akkurat, 181
Aldine Press, 7
Alestra, Anthony, 197
Alphabets. See also Letter
Bayer's universal, 19
defined, 31 legibility, 76, 76
Phoenician, 3
Anthony, Carol, 115
Antialiasing, legibility, 82
Apeloig, Philippe, 27
Apple Computer, 135
Arch of Constantine (Rome), 4
Armstrong, Frank, 50, 51, 52, 55, 55, 58, 69
Arp, Hans, 51
Art Deco, 20
Art Nouveau style, 17
Avant Garde Demi, 173
Background, legibility, 82
Baker, Jan, 204
Baldwin, Polly, 108
Ball State University, 200, 207
Barker, Tim, 190
Barnbrook, Jonathan, 25
Baseline grid, 100
Baskerville, John, 11, 36, 36,290, 291
Bass, Jason, 204
Bass, Saul, 21
Bauhaus, 92
Bauhaus-Archive / Museum of Design
Berlin, 156
Bayer, Herbert, 19
Beckwith, Christian, 103
Behrens, Peter, 18
Belser, Berkey, 122
Bembo, Pietro, 7
Benton, Morris F., 46
Benedit, Juan, 108
Bermejo, Joanne, 205
Bernhardi, Ernest, 230–235, 230–237
Besley, Robert, 14
Bil'ak, Peter, 222
Bierma, Wigger, 103
Bitstream, 24
Blackburn, Bruce, ...
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