On book design
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Author
Publication
1998 - Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut
Language
English
Word Count
52,500 words, Guess
Page Count
210 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL357295M
- ISBN-100300075707
- OCLC Control Number38966063
- OCLC Control Numberonbookdesign0000hend
- Library of Congress Control Number98017186
and 2 more
- LibraryThing405446
- Goodreads246377
Classifications
- DDC686
- LCCZ116.A3 H46 1998
Description
In this unique and appealing volume, award-winning book designer Richard Hendel and eight other talented book designers on both sides of the Atlantic discuss the challenges of their work in trade and scholarly publishing. Through their detailed descriptions of the creative process of book design, illustrated with many examples, we learn how designers discover the most effective visual presentation of words. - Amazon
Description
How is a book designed? What do book designers think about as they turn manuscripts into printed books? In this unique and appealing volume, book designer Richard Hendel and eight other talented book designers discuss their approaches and working methods. They consider the problems posed by a wide range of projects - selection of a book's size and shape, choice of typeface for text and display, arrangement of type on the page, and determination of typographic details for all parts of the book within manufacturing and budget limitations. Written not only for seasoned and novice book designers, this book will fascinate others in publishing, as well as all readers and authors who are curious to know how books end up looking the way they do.
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