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The elements of typographic style / Robert Bringhurst.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Seattle, WA : Hartley & Marks, Publishers, 2019Edition: Third editionDescription: 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780881792126
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 686.224 BR.E 2019 23
LOC classification:
  • Z246 .B74 2004
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword -- Historical synopsis -- The grand design -- Rhythm & proportion -- Harmony & counterpoint -- Structural forms & devices -- Analphabetic symbols -- Choosing & combining type -- Historical interlude -- Shaping the page -- The state of the art -- Grooming the font -- Prowling the specimen books -- Appendix A: The working alphabet -- Appendix B: Glossary of characters -- Appendix C: Glossary of terms -- Appendix D: Type designers -- Appendix E: Typefoundries -- Afterword to the fourth edition -- Further reading -- Index.
Summary: The fourth edition, fully revised enlarged and reset in 2012, further updated in 2017. Version 4.3 of the 4th edition (2019) includes many updates; see title page verso for a list of pages.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-382) and index.

Foreword -- Historical synopsis -- The grand design -- Rhythm & proportion -- Harmony & counterpoint -- Structural forms & devices -- Analphabetic symbols -- Choosing & combining type -- Historical interlude -- Shaping the page -- The state of the art -- Grooming the font -- Prowling the specimen books -- Appendix A: The working alphabet -- Appendix B: Glossary of characters -- Appendix C: Glossary of terms -- Appendix D: Type designers -- Appendix E: Typefoundries -- Afterword to the fourth edition -- Further reading -- Index.

The fourth edition, fully revised enlarged and reset in 2012, further updated in 2017. Version 4.3 of the 4th edition (2019) includes many updates; see title page verso for a list of pages.

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