Keyword: Fundamental
Grid Systems in Graphic Design
Grid Systems in Graphic Design
From a professional for professionals, here is the definitive book on using grid systems in graphic design. Though Josef Müller-Brockman first presented his interpretation of grid in 1961, this text is still useful today for anyone working in the latest computer-assisted design or typography. With 357 examples and illustrations on how to conceptually tackle two- [...]
Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice
Hofmann remains an exceptionally influential graphic-design teacher and poster artist. His methods were continued by such practitioners as Nelly Rudin, Karl Gerstner, Pierre Mendell, Klaus Oberer and Gérard Ifert. Born in 1920, Hofmann began teaching his own typographic principles at the Basel School of Design in 1947. He and his colleagues contributed to the development [...]
Typographie: A Manual of Design
Typographie: A Manual of Design
Emil Ruder’s Typographie is the timeless textbook from which generations of typographers and graphic designers have learned their fundamentals. Ruder, one of the great twentieth-century typographers, was a pioneer who abandoned the conventional rules of typography, replacing them with new rules that satisfied the requirements of his new typography. Now in its sixth printing, this [...]
The Elements of Typographic Style
The Elements of Typographic Style
This lovely, well-written book is concerned foremost with creating beautiful typography and is essential for professionals who regularly work with typographic designs. Author Robert Bringhurst writes about the following typographical topics: designing with the correct typeface; striving for rhythm, proportion, and harmony; choosing and combining type; designing pages; using section heads, subheads, footnotes, and tables; applying kerning and other type [...]