Publisher's Synopsis
Initially Published in 1980 as the Designers Guide to Text Type, the first edition of this book won design awards from the Art Directors Club, the Type Directors Club, the National Composition Association and Printing Industries of America. Now published in an enlarged and revised edition, it continues as the ultimate typographic space relationship tool. Desktop publishers, users of PostScript page description language, graphic designers, art directors, editors, students, and production managers will find this visual aid indispensable for examining the effect of line space on text type. Entirely reset in PostScript language fonts, it offers type users ninety–six popular text typefaces with leaded showings in sizes 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 point. Complete alphabets in roman, italic, bold, and bold italic are included with all size showings. Sample showings are set solid and with 1, 2, and 3 point leading to allow comparisons of legibility, readability, character, and general composition of the different type styles. 1,920 blocks of text set to a 20 pica measure offer substantial sample settings for book, magazine, and advertising purposes, and provide an invaluable guide to all users of type.
