The Visual Dictionary of Typography

Author: Gavin Ambrose
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 2940439524
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
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

Author: Gavin Ambrose
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350035270
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
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 Typography

Author: Art Books International
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783939998099
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 800

Book Description

The Visual Dictionary of Pre-press and Production

Author: Gavin Ambrose
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350034509
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 306

Book Description
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 Designer's Dictionary of Color

Author: Sean Adams
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683350022
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 262

Book Description
A guide to the cultural, historical, and social meanings of twenty-seven colors, plus examples of successful usage of each as well as options for palette variations. The Designer’s Dictionary of Color provides an in-depth look at twenty-seven colors key to art and graphic design. Organized by spectrum, in color-by-color sections for easy navigation, this book documents each hue with charts showing color range and palette variations. Chapters detail each color’s creative history and cultural associations, with examples of color use that extend from the artistic to the utilitarian—whether the turquoise on a Reid Miles album cover or the avocado paint job on a 1970s Dodge station wagon. A practical and inspirational resource for designers and students alike, The Designer’s Dictionary of Color opens up the world of color for all those who seek to harness its incredible power.

The Visual Dictionary of Typography

Author: Gavin Ambrose
Publisher: AVA Publishing
ISBN: 9782940411184
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

The Visual Dictionary Design Box Set

Author: Gavin Ambrose
Publisher: AVA Publishing
ISBN: 9782940411979
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
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

Author: John Southward
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385234379
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 197

Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

The Visual Dictionary of Everyday Things

Author:
Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 72

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

The Visual Dictionary of Illustration

Author: Mark Wigan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 2940439222
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 290

Book Description
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.