TY - GEN AU - White, Alex W. TI - Thinking in type : the practical Philosophy of Typography SN - 9781581153842 U1 - 686.221 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Allworth press KW - Graphic design (Typography) KW - Type and type-founding N1 - Contents Preface vi Introduction 1 Sect 1 Type and design Chap 1 What is type and where is it found? 9 Chap 2 The language of type 25 Chap 3 Space and type 57 Chap 4 Typographic unity: similarities and contrasts 77 Sect 2 What readers want Chap 5 What makes readers respond 91 Chap 6 Type and iden tity 99 Chap 7 Fresh vs familiar 109 Sec 3 Creativity Chap 8 Evolving a treatment from existing characteristics 119 Chap 9 Readability, then legibility 131 Chap 10 Type and imagery 139 Sect 4 Typography timeline Chap II The evolution of typography 151 Chap 12 1914-1945 177 Chap 13 1946-1982 185 Chap 14 1983 onward 193 Appendix: Twenty-six letters evolve 199 Glossary 201 Bibliography 209 Index 211 Colophon and Credits 215 ER -