Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works

Erik Spiekermann

ISBN 10: 0201703394 / ISBN 13: 9780201703399

Published by Pearson Education (US), 2002

About this Item

A guide to typography. It draws in the reader with its design and layout, making use of more than 200 illustrations and photographs. It explains in everyday layman's terms what type is and how you can use it to enhance legibility, meaning, and aesthetic enjoyment. It also includes chapters on Web typography and other forms of online text display.

Seller Inventory # CIN0201703394G

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
• Publisher: Pearson Education (US)
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201703394
• ISBN 13: 9780201703399
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Explains what type is, demonstrates how to select it, and examines its use in printed communication.

About the Author

Erik Spiekermann is an internationally renowned graphic designer and the founder of MetaDesign. He wrote the bestselling first edition of this book and many articles on type and typography, as well as Rhyme and Reason: A Typographic Novel. He is also the designer of typefaces such as FF Meta and ITC Officina. He lives and works in Berlin.

E.M. Ginger is a typographic consultant, editor, and freelance writer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She has worked with type and typography for two decades. She was managing editor of the journal Fine Print for twelve years and the editor of several bestselling cookbooks.