A Type Primer

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Typography 101.......2004-04-17

I found this book to be an excellent, well organized, and easy to use tool in learning the history, classification, and organization of type. It is a great text for anyone starting out in the design field as well as for the experienced designer. I never knew exactly how much care and detail went into properly setting type until I got into this book. Mr. Kane has included excellent visual examples and some extremely useful exercises to help illustrate each subject covered in the text. The book flows very well and is a pleasurable read, and there is always something new for your eyes to take in on the next page.

I had the pleasure of taking two classes taught by Mr. Kane, and he definately knows typography backwards and forwards. He, as well as his book, is a wealth of knowledge for the aspiring designer.

Very modern and practical.......2003-02-04

A great book that introduces to the beginner many of the sensitivities that one ought to have when working with type.

It gives many great practical examples and exercises that makes one appreciate type on many levels.

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Fonts can make or break a layout, and good designers know it. Knowing what a bitmapped font is might not seem like a big deal...until you go to print it. The author, Robin Williams, explains how a font that is bitmapped will have very different results on a printer than one that is not. How to Boss Your Fonts Around will also show you the merits of investing your time in organizing your fonts through a font manager.

In a day when there are now "Beat Generation" fonts for the Mac, good font use and management is essential. Williams, Mac expert and the author of bestsellers such as The Non-Designer's Design Book and The Little Mac Book, goes into great detail on the origin and creation of great fonts. Did you ever wonder why so many fonts are named after big cities (such as New York and Geneva)? Turns out, they're all in the same font family, and knowing the characteristics of that grouping will enhance how you use them. Williams provides a full glossary of terms, and the book is rich with visual examples. She treats fonts as the tools they are, showing the reader all the necessary care and maintenance to allow for great design and for the text to shine through. --Jennifer Buckendorff

Book Description

Fonts. They seem to have a life of their own. And they can cause no end of heartache to the harried desktop or webtop publisher. Perfectly lovely documents on screen can suddenly transmogrify into a perfect nightmare when printed. So how can you control these willful beasts? Get a copy of this book and end your power struggle with fonts forever.

How To Boss Your Fonts Around has been completely revised and updated for the Second Edition. It's a must-have primer on font technology and font management for anyone who works on a Macintosh. It's updated for Mac OS 8, and includes all new coverage of how to work with and manage fonts for the Web. You'll learn to identify and work with all the different kinds of fonts available, from PostScript to TrueType to Type 1, bitmapped to screen, outline to printer, resident to downloadable and more. There's coverage of Adobe Type Manager, ATM Deluxe, Suitcase, Master Juggler, Font Reserve, new font management tools and utilities, installing fonts, and solving font conflicts. A detailed reference section answers common questions and problems, tells you how to acquire fonts, and offers an amazingly detailed glossary. This is the essential troubleshooting guide to taking control of fonts and learning to use them efficiently and effectively.

Customer Reviews:

Mac-Oriented Book.......2001-09-03

Although the Amazon editorial review calls Williams a Mac expert, it doesn't make clear that this book is pretty exclusively Mac-oriented. Some of it will be useful to Windows users, but there are surely other, similar font books on the market more useful for Windows users. If I had realized this before I started making notes in the margins, I would have returned it.

Everything you wanted to know about fonts..........2001-06-14

As a typesetter in a large corporation I found this book very helpful when I recently had to organize our fonts on 12 computers. It clearly explains the difference in the various types of fonts and how to use them properly. It also covers in detail all the different type management software (ATM, Suitcase, etc.). After speaking with several designers, it appears that fonts can be the single biggest nightmare and this book would be an asset to any designers library.

Not so good..........2000-09-26

I bought Robin's book aobut 2 weeks ago and I have read it over and over. I found that the book was not helpful in getting my fonts organised. I am left with fundamental questions unanswered and a lot of frustration. I am still looking for a book that will show me how to sort my fonts what to keep what to throw and how to do it. This book has some good back ground informationon the benefits of ATM, and the history but what about open fonts, and master fonts? It's dated and not helpful.

Probably the best writer on typography around........1999-09-02

Except for her mild endorsement of grunge (why have we spent hundreds of years designing typefaces that are both readable and beautiful only to have a generation of" designers" design deconstructed faces that are likely to be used only once in a lifetime), Robin Williams is probably the most articulate and literate writer on typography around, digital or traditional. She is sensitive to those qualities that have somehow been lost on those who have been brought up facing a monitor rather than a type book, type case or drawing board. Too many people in business have been led to believe, and accept the idea, that a typist is automatically a typographer/designer. Every designer who has grown up on the computer should have all of her books at their side, along with Strunk & White, Fowler's Modern English Usage, Roget's Thesaurus and a good dictionary.

Excellent design and crash avoidance techniques.......1997-06-20

"He who dies with the most fonts wins," is a fact of life for a lot of desktop designers for print and the web. However, having tons of fonts of every weight, format and variety gobbles up lots of system memory, and corrupted or conflicting fonts cause crashes. This book tells all on how to get your collection under control, and keep your fonts organized, in good shape, and zipped in place for when you need them. This book is also well written, and will keep you alert and interested, which is most refreshing because I've found many how-to design/computer management books must be read with toothpicks propping up your eyes. It's also just the right length, concise and everything is clearly, not condecendingly, explained. It's a must read for any Mac designer, from the newest newbie to the most advanced.

My little red story book (Ginn basic readers, 1st pre-primer)

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My little red story book (Ginn basic readers, 1st pre-primer)
Odille Ousley
Manufacturer: American Printing House for the Blind
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Historic Architecture in Alabama: A Primer of Styles and Types, 1810-1930

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Historic Architecture in Alabama: A Primer of Styles and Types, 1810-1930
Robert S. Gamble
Manufacturer: Univ of Alabama Pr (Tx)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

Reference | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

American primers,: Indian primers, Royal primers, and thirty-seven other types of non-New-England primers issued prior to 1830;

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American primers,: Indian primers, Royal primers, and thirty-seven other types of non-New-England primers issued prior to 1830;
Charles F Heartman
Manufacturer: Printed for H.B. Weiss
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

Just for fun (The Harper & Row basic reading program, fourth pre-primer)

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Just for fun (The Harper & Row basic reading program, fourth pre-primer)
Mabel O'Donnell
Manufacturer: American Printing House for the Blind
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

A primer on basic types of shipping containers and interior packing pieces (American Management Association. Packaging series)

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A primer on basic types of shipping containers and interior packing pieces (American Management Association. Packaging series)
W. R Hummel
Manufacturer: American Management Assn
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

A Primer On S Corporations: Tax And Non-Tax Issues in Illinois

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A Primer On S Corporations: Tax And Non-Tax Issues in Illinois
CPA, M.S.T. Christopher F. Beaulieu
Manufacturer: Lorman Education Services
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Spiral-bound
ASIN: B000N8HUSE

Product Description

This manual will provide you with a greater understanding of S corporations and the issues surrounding a business operating in an S corporation structure. Whether you are advising clients or your business is structured as an S corporation, this manual will examine the nuts-and-bolts type of questions that you will encounter on a daily basis. The manual is designed to look at issues encountered through the business life of an S corporation and discuss some of the real life pitfalls of which you need to be aware.

Type cases and composing-room furniture: A primer of information about type cases, work stands, cabinets, case racks, galley racks, standing galleys, &c (Typographic technical series for apprentices)

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Type cases and composing-room furniture: A primer of information about type cases, work stands, cabinets, case racks, galley racks, standing galleys, &c (Typographic technical series for apprentices)
Alexander A Stewart
Manufacturer: Committee on Education, United Typothetae of America
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B00087KUBE

Type,: A primer of information about the mechanical features of printing types: their sizes, font schemes, &c., with a brief description of their manufacture, ... technical series for apprentices, pt. I)

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Type,: A primer of information about the mechanical features of printing types: their sizes, font schemes, &c., with a brief description of their manufacture, ... technical series for apprentices, pt. I)
Alexander A Stewart
Manufacturer: Pub. by the Committee on education, United typothetae of America
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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ASIN: B000861UY6

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good book for non graphic designers.......2000-06-04

color concerts are explained in detail for a non graphic designer and for people who havent studied color theory formally.

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12-Pak Designers Gde to Color 2
James Stockton
Manufacturer: Chronicle Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Design & Decorative Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books

General | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 0877019789

Book Description

Content Rights for Creative Professionals is for professionals and students working in all areas of media (film/video, photography, multimedia, web, graphics, and broadcast) who need to know what the law requires and how they should properly utilize copyrights and trademarks. This book outlines critical concepts and applies them with explanations in real-life applications, including many cases from the author's own practice as well as those of various media professionals.

This 256 page text is a practical guide designed to provide its reader with a firm understanding of the principles underlying the ownership and use of content, so that when questions arise, they will be able to make correct, well-informed decisionswhether concerning their personal works, or works of others that a company wishes to copyright or trademark. In addition, the reader will be more capable of exercising sound judgment in structuring employment and contract relationships and of acquiring and/or licensing works, which are at the core of the business of communicating.

*Access to the most up-to-date copyright and trademark information
*Provides a firm understanding of the priciniples underlying the ownership and use of content
*Suits the perspective of the freelance artist as well as the in-house media professional

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Arnold Rocks! Super copyright and trademark literature!.......1999-05-08

If you're going to buy one copyright law reference book, make it this one! Robert Lutzker's father describes the intricacies of complex American legal standards like no one else. A great read for Amherst College students taking the course "Copyrighting's Fun" or anyone else.

Content Rights for Creative Professionals: Copyrights & Trademarks in a Digital Age, Second Edition

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Content Rights for Creative Professionals: Copyrights & Trademarks in a Digital Age, Second Edition
Arnold Lutzker
Manufacturer: Focal Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OPVH2Q

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America's only self-declared emperor, the "old soldier" who wouldn't die, the greatest carpetbagger — these are just a few of the fanciful real-life characters profiled in this inexhaustible trivia book. The author covers a happily wide range of subjects, from "the greatest slot machine cheat" who defied odds of 230,000 to 1, to the comic confusion of "US" with "Uncle Sam," to the "American town names to give you the creepy crawlies" like Black Gnat, Kentucky. Meticulously fact-checked, this book brings the minutiae of a culture and country into sharp focus. The perfect road-trip companion, Everything You Didn't Need to Know About the USA is crammed with weird and wacky facts about every state in the union.

Customer Reviews:

Why bother?.......2007-05-25

Many brief entries--a paragraph or so--random items (most fairly uninteresting). I didn't find them weird or wacky; I knew many of the items and didn't care much about the others.I'm not sure what the audience is, but apparently it wasn't me.

Book Description

An exciting assortment of piano works that are musically and technically rewarding as study pieces, and appealing in recital. The music is on a level with that of the 18th and 19th century masters.

Piano Music: "Prole Do Bebe" Vol. 1, "DanCas Caracteristicas Africanas" and Other Works

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Nice music, shame about the edition
It's a Doll's World...

Piano Music: "Prole Do Bebe" Vol. 1, "DanCas Caracteristicas Africanas" and Other Works
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Songbooks | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books

General | Music | Entertainment | Subjects | Books

ASIN: 048629384X

Book Description

Rich selection of 33 pieces by famed Brazilian composer, including the well-known A prole do Bebê," Suíte Floral (3 pieces), Simples Coletânea (3 pieces), Histórias da Carochinha (4 pieces) and many more. Reprinted from authoritative editions.

Customer Reviews:

Nice music, shame about the edition.......2007-05-12

Dover Publications must have run out of ink when printing this - the music was pale grey, and almost impossible to read. I returned it along with another Dover music score, impossible to read for another reason: Iberia and Espana by Albeniz, where 20 pages were overprinted with music staves running UP the page. Amazon gave a refund of course, so full marks to them, and none to Dover.

It's a Doll's World..........2001-05-06

A prole de bebe 1--"The Baby's Family"--is a wonderful suite with each part devoted to a specific doll. These pieces are not for children, however. They are a look back on the things that bring joy to youth. Brazilian folk song quotations are heard throughout the entire suite, and it is fun to hear how these tunes influence the development of each doll. The dolls include a porcelian white doll, which is only played with on special occasions. One can hear this in the majestic opening, and this piece includes one of the more obvious uses of folk song. My personal favorite is the "brunette doll". The joy of playing with this well-loved doll is apparent throughout the piece. Some other gems include the rhythmic "Little black doll", the slow, poignantly beautiful and sad "Poor little rag doll", and the mysterious "Little witch doll". The most famous doll, however, is "The Punch Doll", a rapid toccata-like movement made famous by Artur Rubenstein, who often performed this piece as an encore. I highly recommend these fun pieces to any able pianist. They are wonderful to put on a recital, as much fun to hear as they are to play. As proof, try listening to the Marc-Andre Hamelin recording of both Baby's Family suites.

Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Orchestra of Violoncelli, Voice and Piano

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Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and Orchestra of Violoncelli, Voice and Piano
Inc. Associated Music Publishers
Manufacturer: Associated Music Publishers, Inc.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000KU7G2U

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A Lenda Do Caboclo - Piano Sheet Music
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Manufacturer: Editora Arthur Napoleao Limitada
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000JKH8UG

A survey of selected piano works of Heitor Villa-Lobos

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A survey of selected piano works of Heitor Villa-Lobos
Frina Boldt
Manufacturer: University of Indiana]
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

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Over recent decades, the flow of television programmes and services between nations has prompted concerns about `Cultural Imperialism', the idea that the powerful metropolitan nations at the centre of the world system are breaking down the integrity and autonomy of the peripheral countries. New Patterns in Global Television challenges that notion by showing that some of the countries outside the traditionally dominant centres have now developed strong television industries of their own, and have been expanding into regional markets, especially - but not exclusively - where linguistic and cultural similarities exist. This book brings together contributions from specialist researchers on the most dynamic of these regions: Latin America, India, the Middle East, Greater China and, in the English-speaking world, Canada and Australia. It provides the first comprehensive overview of the new patterns of flow in international television programme exchange and service provision in the satellite era, patterns unrecognised by the perspective of the prevailing theoretical orthodoxies in international communication research and policy.

New Patterns in Global Television : Peripheral Vision

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New Patterns in Global Television : Peripheral Vision
Elizabeth Jacka, Stuart Cunningham John Sinclair
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OL07BW

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New Patterns in Global Television : Peripheral Vision
John Sinclair
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OL20Q2

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