A Type Primer: Edition 2

John Kane

Nov 2011 · Pearson Higher Ed

About this ebook

This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.

For beginning and intermediate typography courses.

A practical and hands-on approach.

Designed for beginning design and typography students, this text assists students in understanding and demonstrating the basic principles of typography. Focused on intent and content, not affect or style, it makes informed distinctions between what is appropriate and what is merely show. Filled with examples, exercises, and background information—and designed itself to reflect good typographic design—it guides students systematically to the point where they can, not only understand but, demonstrate basic principles of typography, and thereby strengthen their own typographic instincts.

About the author

John Kane teaches typography and graphic design at Northeastern University and at The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. He has been a practicing graphic designer and teacher for the last twenty-five years.