Universal Principles Of Typography (100 Key Concepts For Choosing And Using Type)

By (author) Stocks Elliot Jay; Foreword by Lupton Ellen
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Universal Principles of Typography is a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary encyclopedia for choosing and using type.
 
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Explore 100 key concepts, theories, and guidelines that are critical for choosing and using type.

We communicate with text every single day, but what does it mean to really understand type—to use it with clear intent and purpose? The art and science of typography combines subtle tweaks to line lengths with harmonious combinations of weights and styles; considered typeface pairings with a robust set of alternate characters; exciting technological advances with the realities of font licensing. There are so many ways designers can optimize how text is read and influence the way its message is understood—and yet so many designers miscommunicate without even realizing it.

Richly illustrated and easy to navigate, Universal Principles of Typographypairs clear explanations of each principle with visual examples of it applied in practice. By considering these concepts and examples, you can learn to make more informed, and ultimately better, typography decisions.

Building upon tried-and-tested principles from the world of print through to the very latest advances in browser technology, this book will equip you with everything you need to make the most informed typographic decisions in your design work today.

Featured principles are as diverse as:
 

• Characters & Glyphs
• Font v. Typeface
• Hierarchy
• Inclusivity
• OpenType
• Pairing type
• Rhythm
• Web fonts

Each principle is presented in a two-page format. The left-hand page contains a succinct definition, a full description of the principle, examples of its use, and guidelines for use. Sidenotes appear to the right of the text, and provide elaborations and references. The right-hand page contains visual examples and related graphics to support a deeper understanding of the principle.

With Universal Principles of Typography, gain a deep understanding of the universal principles of typography and learn how to apply them across any work you do with type, from the simplest of documents to the most complex of cross-platform design systems.

The titles in the Rockport Universal series offer comprehensive and authoritative information and edifying and inspiring visual examples on multidisciplinary subjects for designers, architects, engineers, students, and anyone who is interested in expanding and enriching their design knowledge.
Table of contents:

Introduction

Alignment
Alternates
Faux or synthesized
Bold
Case
Characters & glyphs
Choosing type
CJK
Classification
Color
Combining
Consistency
Contrast
Control it all with axes
Customization
Dashes
Diacritics
Dissonance
Distinction / asymmetry
Drop caps
OpenType
Emphasis
Expression
Families
Fit
Font development
Font formats
Font vs. typeface
Foundries
Fractions
Variable fonts
Grade
Handwriting
Harmony
Hierarchy
Hinting
Humanism
Icons & symbols
Inclusivity
Installation
It depends
Italics
It’s all about the em square
Justification
Kerning
Legibility
Lettering
Licensing
Ligatures
Line height consistency issues
Line length
Loading
Lock-up
Line height
Masters & interpolation
Metrics
Monospace
Multiplex
Networks
Numerals
Obliques
Optical size
Optical trickery
Pairing type
Parametric axes
Personality
Proportion
Punctuation
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