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Visual and Technical Aspects of Type gives an introduction to the rules of font design and describes how fonts and their metrics are managed by computers. It is the first book that contains contributions from both type creators and computer scientists. The aim is to provide insights into the production and rendering of digital type and to make traditional type design rules accessible to a wider audience. The first part contains an overview of the evolution of letterforms in their historical and cultural context. The second part is devoted to technical aspects of type; topics covered include character metrics, outline font rasterization techniques, and algorithms for various tasks. Finally, articles by Hans Meier and Fernand Baudin provide an interesting view of the progress of typefaces and page layout, and insight into future developments. This unique book will appeal to graphics designers, computer scientists, typographers and desktop publishers, who wish to know more about computer typography.

Table of Contents:
Part I. Letterforms: The Basics: 1. Letterform in a historical and cultural context André Gürtler; 2. Visual communication systems André Gürtler; 3. Visual aspects of type Christian Mengelt; 4. Some elements of proportion and optical image support in a typeface Mark Jamra; Part II. Digital Aspects and Algorithms: 5. An introduction to digital type Jacques André and Roger D. Hersch; 6. Font metrics Jacques André; 7. Font rasterization: the state of the art Roger D. Hersch; 8. Industry standard outline font formats Jakob Gonczarowski; 9. Curve techniques for autotracing Jakob Gonczarowski; Part III. Typographic Research: 10. On the design of Barbedor and Syndor Hans Ed. Meier; 11. How to use ready-made alphabets Fernand Baudin.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780521440264
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 212
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0521440262
  • Publisher Date: 22 Jul 1993
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Returnable: N
  • Series Title: Series Number 9 Cambridge Series on Electronic Publishing
  • Weight: 588 gr


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