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Jones, Gerald Everett

 
9781583487686: Fonts: A Guide for Designers and Editors
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ISBN 10: 1583487689 ISBN 13: 9781583487686
Editorial: iUniverse, 2000

Sinopsis

Fonts: A Guide for Designers and Editors is a practical reference for creating good-looking text in a variety of business applications, using popular Windows software tools. Unlike other font books, this unique guide focuses on specific, day-to-day business tasks. You'll concentrate on executing the taskfrom generating memos to creating video titlesand learn to produce attractive text in the process. Learn the fundamentals of good typesetting. Whether it's done by hand or by computer, effective typesetting relies on the same basic principles. Key topics include font terminology, guidelines for font selection, kerning and leading, estimating publication lengths, allowing for signatures and folios, and more. Find out how to solve common problems. You'll learn to diagnose printer and display problems, how to select and use font utilities, how to recognize defective fonts, and how to organize fonts into application groups to make access easier and improve computer performance. Explore the sophisticated possibilities of computer-generated type. You'll learn how to create on-screen presentations, video titles, color slides and transparencies, and use a variety of special effects.You'll also find plenty of expert design information advice, tips, notes, and illustrations.

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Reseña del editor

Fonts: A Guide for Designers and Editors is a practical reference for creating good-looking text in a variety of business applications, using popular Windows software tools. Unlike other font books, this unique guide focuses on specific, day-to-day business tasks. You'll concentrate on executing the taskfrom generating memos to creating video titlesand learn to produce attractive text in the process. Learn the fundamentals of good typesetting. Whether it's done by hand or by computer, effective typesetting relies on the same basic principles. Key topics include font terminology, guidelines for font selection, kerning and leading, estimating publication lengths, allowing for signatures and folios, and more. Find out how to solve common problems. You'll learn to diagnose printer and display problems, how to select and use font utilities, how to recognize defective fonts, and how to organize fonts into application groups to make access easier and improve computer performance. Explore the sophisticated possibilities of computer-generated type. You'll learn how to create on-screen presentations, video titles, color slides and transparencies, and use a variety of special effects.You'll also find plenty of expert design information advice, tips, notes, and illustrations.

Biografía del autor

Gerald E. Jones is a freelance writer who works in book publishing, motion pictures, and video production. He is the author of Fonts: A Guide for Designers and Editors, also republished by toExcel, and Harvard Graphics: The Art of Presentation and Freelance Graphics, The Art of Presentation (Prima Publishing).

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Editorial
iUniverse
Año de publicación
2000
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1583487689
ISBN 13 
9781583487686
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
412
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