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The visual dictionary of typography / Gavin Ambrose & Paul Harris.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Lausanne, Switzerland : AVA Pub. ; La Vergne : [Distributed in the USA and Canada] by Ingram Publisher Services, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (288 pages) : (chiefly color) illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9782940439522
  • 2940439524
  • 1282895508
  • 9781282895508
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 686.2203 22
LOC classification:
  • Z118 .A43 2010eb
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- How to get the most out of this book -- Introduction -- Contents -- The Dictionary -- A -- Abbreviations -- Abstraction -- Accents and diacritics -- Acronyms -- Alignment -- Alphabet -- Ambiguity -- Ampersand -- Anatomy -- Ancillary characters -- Animation -- Apex -- Apostrophe -- Appropriation -- Arabic -- Architectural typography -- B -- Baseline -- Baseline shift -- Baskerville, John -- Bauhaus -- Bespoke typography -- B233;zier -- Bitmap/Bitmapped fonts -- Black letter -- Bodoni, Giambattista -- Body copy -- Bowl -- Brace -- Brackets -- Braille -- Branding -- Broadside -- Bullets -- C -- Calligraphy -- Cap height -- Capitalisation -- Caption -- Carving -- Caxton, William -- Cinema -- Clarendons -- Classification systems -- Clothing -- Collection -- Colour -- Column -- Comma -- Commission -- Complementary -- Condensed -- Constructed -- Constructivism -- Contrast -- Corporate typography -- Counter -- Craft -- Cross head -- Crystal Goblet, The -- Currency symbols -- Cyrillic -- D -- De Stijl -- Denotive and cognitive meaning -- Didot point -- Die cut -- Digital fonts -- Dingbats -- Display fonts -- Drop caps -- Dual language -- E -- Eclectic -- Ellipsis -- Em and en -- Embossing and debossing -- Emigre -- Emoticon -- Environmental typography -- Ephemera -- Ethics -- Expert sets -- Face/Family -- Fat face -- Fibonacci series -- Fist -- Fixed width -- Fleurons -- Flourish -- Foil -- Folio -- Font/Typeface -- Font libraries -- Footer -- Footnotes -- Fractions -- Fraktur -- Frutiger8217;s grid -- G -- Geometric -- Gill, Eric -- Glyphic -- Glyphs -- Gothic -- Grids -- Grotesque -- Guillemets -- Gutenberg -- Gutter -- H -- H & J -- Hairline -- Hand drawn -- Hang line -- Hart8217;s Rules -- Header/Running head -- Hierarchy -- Hot metal -- House style -- Humanistic -- Hyphen -- Hyphenation -- I -- Identity -- Indents -- Indexes -- Inline -- Inspiration -- International style -- Italic -- K -- Kerning -- Kerning pairs and tables -- L -- Latin characters -- Latin typefaces -- Layers -- Leader -- Leading -- Leg -- Legibility -- Letraset -- Letterpress -- Letter spacing -- Ligatures -- Line endings -- Logotype -- M -- Magazine -- MAJUSCULES -- Manipulation -- Margin -- Marginalia -- Mark making -- Masthead -- Measure -- Miedinger, Max -- Minuscules -- Mix -- Modern -- Modernism -- Modular scales -- Moving image -- Museums and exhibitions -- Music -- N -- Names -- Naming -- Newspapers -- Non Latin -- Numerals -- O -- Old Style -- Opacity -- OpenTyp.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- How to get the most out of this book -- Introduction -- Contents -- The Dictionary -- A -- Abbreviations -- Abstraction -- Accents and diacritics -- Acronyms -- Alignment -- Alphabet -- Ambiguity -- Ampersand -- Anatomy -- Ancillary characters -- Animation -- Apex -- Apostrophe -- Appropriation -- Arabic -- Architectural typography -- B -- Baseline -- Baseline shift -- Baskerville, John -- Bauhaus -- Bespoke typography -- B233;zier -- Bitmap/Bitmapped fonts -- Black letter -- Bodoni, Giambattista -- Body copy -- Bowl -- Brace -- Brackets -- Braille -- Branding -- Broadside -- Bullets -- C -- Calligraphy -- Cap height -- Capitalisation -- Caption -- Carving -- Caxton, William -- Cinema -- Clarendons -- Classification systems -- Clothing -- Collection -- Colour -- Column -- Comma -- Commission -- Complementary -- Condensed -- Constructed -- Constructivism -- Contrast -- Corporate typography -- Counter -- Craft -- Cross head -- Crystal Goblet, The -- Currency symbols -- Cyrillic -- D -- De Stijl -- Denotive and cognitive meaning -- Didot point -- Die cut -- Digital fonts -- Dingbats -- Display fonts -- Drop caps -- Dual language -- E -- Eclectic -- Ellipsis -- Em and en -- Embossing and debossing -- Emigre -- Emoticon -- Environmental typography -- Ephemera -- Ethics -- Expert sets -- Face/Family -- Fat face -- Fibonacci series -- Fist -- Fixed width -- Fleurons -- Flourish -- Foil -- Folio -- Font/Typeface -- Font libraries -- Footer -- Footnotes -- Fractions -- Fraktur -- Frutiger8217;s grid -- G -- Geometric -- Gill, Eric -- Glyphic -- Glyphs -- Gothic -- Grids -- Grotesque -- Guillemets -- Gutenberg -- Gutter -- H -- H & J -- Hairline -- Hand drawn -- Hang line -- Hart8217;s Rules -- Header/Running head -- Hierarchy -- Hot metal -- House style -- Humanistic -- Hyphen -- Hyphenation -- I -- Identity -- Indents -- Indexes -- Inline -- Inspiration -- International style -- Italic -- K -- Kerning -- Kerning pairs and tables -- L -- Latin characters -- Latin typefaces -- Layers -- Leader -- Leading -- Leg -- Legibility -- Letraset -- Letterpress -- Letter spacing -- Ligatures -- Line endings -- Logotype -- M -- Magazine -- MAJUSCULES -- Manipulation -- Margin -- Marginalia -- Mark making -- Masthead -- Measure -- Miedinger, Max -- Minuscules -- Mix -- Modern -- Modernism -- Modular scales -- Moving image -- Museums and exhibitions -- Music -- N -- Names -- Naming -- Newspapers -- Non Latin -- Numerals -- O -- Old Style -- Opacity -- OpenTyp.

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