Erste Hilfe in Typografie

A source of reference on all things typographical!
Is typography a closed boot to you? Are you guided in your selection of a font by intuition alone and is formattin a text nothing more than a game of chance? With his First Aid in Typography, Hans Peter Willberg, professor of typography and the designer of numerous most beautiful books which have won awards in various competitons, has produced a manual of type design, taking us step by step through the world of letters and figures. Clearly and instructively he analyses the do's and don'ts of graphic design, illuminating the fundamental principles of his trade. Wheter as a basic handbook for...

that course in graphic design, as an aid to day-to-day chores at the office or as a guide to designing personal letters with style, First Aid in Typography is something that no PC user schould be without! Although the book concentrates on the basics, professionals will recognise the experienced typographer and author behind each educational unit. This is someone who knows - and tells us - precisely where the pitfalls are and who, despite a general plea by publishers to say it simple, firmly rejects any form of plainness. Like Lesetypografie, First Aid in Typography ist packed with excellent advice, even for the more practised among us, and promises...

to follow in the footsteps of and become the ideal supplement to the classic Schriften erkennen now in its seventh edition.

A manual of type design 112 pages with several hundred illustrations and examples, two-colour throughout
size 21 x 30 cm
ISBN 978-3-87439-474-1