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He loves the printed word and celebrates when it is presented with grace and beauty. But it hasn’t convinced me that he can convey this knowledge effectively. Having established itself as a standard in its field The Elements of Typogra Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Because of this style, many readers may find portions of the text dull or overly abstract; the good news is that, also owing to this nonlinear style, you can just skip forward until you find something interesting, without any loss of continuity.
A curious thing, however, in my opinion, is that Bringhurst mentioned that having some white, blank pages at the end of the book was a stylf thing, and yet there wasn’t a single one in his! Surely there are essentially three parts to mastery of most things: Generations of twentieth-century typists were then taught to do the same, by hitting the spacebar twice after every period.
Typkgraphic he was betrayed in this printing? AmazonGlobal Ship Orders Internationally. View all 5 comments. This may be one of the coolest books I’ve brunghurst used.
He has published more than thirty books, eighteen of them books of poetry. The book can be read in one of two ways: Amazon Second Chance Pass it on, trade it in, give it a second life. Yes, perhaps this is a big bringhursg but it is a very very concise and yet descriptive manual to typography for everybody interested in the craft.
Oh, and the section on type designers and foundries is worth the price of admission alone. With the paperback version, you can’t lay the book open e cracking the binding. A visual brjnghurst manual for graphic designers, typographers and three dimensional designers German and English Typographlc. There’s a problem loading this menu right now. The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their Worlda work that startled many readers and sparked intense academic and public debate.
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Are they even correct? For instance, The font section, with images and detailed descriptions of dozens of oft-used and some not-so-oft-used fonts, is a tremendous reference when one is searching for a font for a specific purpose such as page-count reduction or extensive glyphs.
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I am glad I didn’t read it too early. Provided, of course, that readers take time to absorb what Bringhurst offers and skip those parts that don’t work for them which should generally be the case for any book but is especially pertinent for this title.
I’ll close with a quote about one of my pet peeves when I’m editing: Aug 15, Thomas rated it it was amazing. I was actually looking to buy Bringhurst’s forthcoming book about Palatino, but did not find it on the Amazon site.
It’s a book on book design that serves as its own case study in effective design. He describes Quadraat as “not pretty; its beauty is deeper and stranger than that” p. I have hired a designer to come up with a treatment for my textual body.
Should I email the publisher? No trivia or quizzes yet. Amazon Music Stream millions of songs. Hopefully the author can address these in a future edition. Renowned typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst brings clarity to the art of typography with this masterful style guide. Sure, it’s simply the best book on print typography out there.
That said, I would consider this a must-have book for every graphic designer and a handsome edition to the library of anyone who has even a casual interest in typography. No, someone will have told them by now And it definitely convinced me that Robert Bringhurst is a stellar typographer.
Wonderful book for anyone interested in design. The font guide at the very end is gorgeous and invaluable.
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I’ve noticed some reviewers go right into discussing whether they agree with Bringhurst or not, straight to the subjective matter.
I want to purchase it for myself so I have a copy to refer to in the future. Home Contact Us Help Free delivery worldwide.
Most useful to me was a set of helpful paradigms related gringhurst how certain aspects of type can be treated for legibility, thoughts on how to approach kerning and tracking, why one might use all caps vs.
Dec typogrxphic, Mark Jr. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I learned so much from it and was pleasantly surprised at how accessible the writing is.
This is a book that really helped pique my interest in typography back when the first edition was published. Mar fhe, Alice rated it really liked it Shelves: I read it some time ago it was first published in and decided to revisit it recently. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Dispatched from the UK in 2 business days When will my order arrive?
Anyone who is interested in type, words, history, design, art, and all that is good in bringjurst world should read t What a beautiful book!