Adobe Type Library Reference Book - Couverture souple

Adobe Systems Inc.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0321821254 ISBN 13 : 9780321821256

Editeur : Adobe Press,U.S., 2011

Synopsis

Your official guide to the Adobe Type Library!

Choosing the right type for your designs can be one of the hardest parts of your job as a digital designer. There are thousands of fonts available and the choices can be overwhelming. With more than 2,400 fonts, the Adobe Type Library represents one of the largest and most respected collections of top-quality type available. This comprehensive guide makes it easy to select fonts for purchase from Adobe’s vast library at www.adobe.com.

The Adobe Type Library Reference Book:
 
 • Demonstrates the distinguishing characteristics of different type styles
 
 • Explains the ins and outs of type innovations such as OpenType®
 
 • Offers type inspiration and type selection
 
 • Organizes type alphabetically and by style
 
 • Shows the characters for each typeface, plus useful reference charts with standard character sets for Windows® and Mac OS®
 
 • Features typefaces from internationally renowned foundries and award-winning type designers
 
 • Includes an easy-to-use Quick Reference providing a useful overview of all the fonts contained inside the book

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Choosing the right font can be one of the hardest parts of your job as a digital designer―there are literally thousands to choose from. One of the largest and most respected collections of high-quality fonts is the Adobe Type Library, now available entirely in the cross-platform OpenType® format, which promises to make font incompatibilities a thing of the past. Any designer who has struggled to find just the right typeface for a project will find this comprehensive reference an indispensable guide to Adobe’s vast selection of over 2,200 typefaces.

Organized both alphabetically and by style, the newly revised and updated
Adobe Type Library Reference Book, Third Edition provides:

• Specimen pages displaying every font in Adobe’s enormous collection, including 60 new typefaces
• Typefaces from internationally renowned foundries and award-winning type designers
• Design inspiration and expert advice on type selection
• An expanded section on the OpenType format to help you make the most of its expanded character set and layout capabilities
  
• Explanations and illustrations of the distinguishing characteristics of different type styles―from a graceful Garalde Oldstyle to Adobe’s new Opticals―as well as ornaments and symbols
•  A chart showing the Adobe Western 2 character set, including the right keyboard combinations to access different characters
• Listings for 31 Japanese fonts from Adobe

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Adobe Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0321821254
• ISBN 13: 9780321821256
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 4
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Universal Music Group Gmbh; https://www.universalmusic.com/; ; Winterhuder Weg 27; Hamburg; 22085; Allemagne