The Visual Dictionary of Typography
The Visual Dictionary of Typography

Author: Gavin Ambrose

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2010-10-04

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 2940439524

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The Visual Dictionary of Typography is a guide to the many and varied terms used within typography. Arranged alphabetically from abstraction to x-height and blackletter to widow, each term is explained and contextualized with illustrations. More than 250 typographical terms are included. From practical terms such as accents, bitmap and classification to movements and styles such as constructivism, De Stijl, modernism and Swiss typography, this book contains both modern terminology and traditional terms still in current usage. The Visual Dictionary of Typography is an easy-to-use reference that will prove invaluable to anyone interested in typography and graphic design.

The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design
The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design

Author: Gavin Ambrose

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2019-01-10

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1350035270

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The Visual Dictionary of Graphic Design is a comprehensive guide to the numerous terms used within graphic design and associated disciplines. Over 250 terms are explained and contextualized, with concise definitions accompanied by illustrations and examples taken from historical and contemporary graphic design. The dictionary covers traditional practice and process terms as well as modern terminology. It also defines a wide variety of practical terms, such as Perfect binding, Deboss and Strikethrough, as well as movements and styles including Surrealism, Psychadelia and Postmodernism.

The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press and Production
The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press and Production

Author: Gavin Ambrose

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2017-10-05

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 1350034509

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The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press & Production is a concise and comprehensive introduction to the world of print and production. Containing textual and visual defintitions for over 250 pre-press and production terms, this book is an invaluable reference tool for all students and practitioners of graphic design, typography, illustration and visual communication subjects. From practical terms such as Accents, Bitmap and Color calibration, to styles and finishes such as Canadian and half-Canadian, Perfect Bound and TCF (Totally Chlorine Free), this book contains both modern terminology and the traditional terms still in current usage.

The Visual Dictionary of Typography
The Visual Dictionary of Typography

Author: Gavin Ambrose

Publisher: AVA Publishing

Published: 2010-10-04

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782940411184

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The Visual Dictionary of Typography is a guide to the many and varied terms used within typography. Arranged alphabetically from abstraction to x-height and blackletter to widow, each term is explained and contextualized with illustrations. More than 250 typographical terms are included. From practical terms such as accents, bitmap and classification to movements and styles such as constructivism, De Stijl, modernism and Swiss typography, this book contains both modern terminology and traditional terms still in current usage. The Visual Dictionary of Typography is an easy-to-use reference that will prove invaluable to anyone interested in typography and graphic design.

The Visual Dictionary Design Box Set
The Visual Dictionary Design Box Set

Author: Gavin Ambrose

Publisher: AVA Publishing

Published: 2012-07-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9782940411979

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The Visual Dictionary Design Box Set provides readers with an enhanced understanding of over 1000 professional design terms, illustrated with historical and contemporary examples throughout. These four books represent a comprehensive compendium of design terminology and will be useful to all designers, visual arts lecturers and students. The variety of illustrations and photographs serve as a source of inspiration, as well as an ideal memory stimulus for visual learners. The box set comes neatly presented in a slipcase and contains four Visual Dictionaries - Pre-press and Production, Typography, Graphic Design and Illustration. From 'linocut' to 'lithography', 'pilcrow' to 'kerning' and 'crop' to 'creep', The Visual Dictionary Design Box Set will prove a fun and useful resource to design enthusiasts.

Dictionary of Typography
Dictionary of Typography

Author: John Southward

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2023-11-20

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 3385234379

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

The Visual Dictionary of Everyday Things
The Visual Dictionary of Everyday Things

Author:

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 72

ISBN-13:

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Text, exploded view photographs, and labels reveal everyday objects and their parts, including the telephone, camera, and bicycle.

The Visual Dictionary of Illustration
The Visual Dictionary of Illustration

Author: Mark Wigan

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2009-05-18

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 2940439222

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The Visual Dictionary of Illustration is a comprehensive guide to the numerous terms associated with, and used within, the field of illustration. Over 250 terms are explained and contextualised, with concise definitions accompanied by examples taken from traditional and contemporary illustration. The dictionary covers traditional terms still in current usage as well as modern terminology such as Raster and Punk. It also includes a wide variety of practical terms, such as Collage, Woodcut and Storyboard, as well as movements and styles including Dada, Surrealism, and Romanticism.

Dictionary of Typography and Its Accessory Arts
Dictionary of Typography and Its Accessory Arts

Author: J Southward

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781017708172

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