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Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students

by Ellen Lupton (2010)

About this book

The definitive guide to using typography in visual communication. Ellen Lupton explains how type creates order and emotion on physical pages and digital screens through grids, spacing, and kerning.

Setting / LocationMaryland Institute College of Art
Story EraModern Digital Typography
Protagonist / CoreThe Visual Communicator

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