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Tables of Contents for Type Companion for the Digital Artist
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Introduction
1
1
For Whom Did We Write this Book?
1
1
How Is this Book Organized?
2
1
How Should I Use this Book?
3
1
Are You Ready to Start Exploring Type and Typography?
4
1
The History and Foundations of Type
5
50
The Evolution of Typography
7
16
The Alphabet Develops
7
4
Pictographic and Syllabic Forms
7
1
Phoenician Syllabic Writing
8
1
Greek Development of the Alphabet
9
1
The Latin Alphabet Evolves
10
1
Document Format Development
11
1
Producing Books in the Middle Ages
12
2
Typography and Printing Become Automated
14
3
The Microcomputer Impacts the Industry
17
3
Publishing Beyond Paper
18
2
Fonts Used for Publishing
20
2
Summary
22
1
Endnote
22
1
Type Basics
23
12
Analyzing Letterforms
24
5
Glyph Anatomy
24
3
Measuring Type
27
2
Font Basics
29
2
Dos and Don'ts
31
2
Summary
33
2
Exploring Categories of Type
35
20
Categorizing Type
35
2
Evolution of Type Styles
37
15
Blackletter
37
1
Oldstyle
38
2
Transitional
40
1
Modern
41
2
Slab Serif
43
3
Sans Serif
46
1
Script, Cursive, and Brush
47
2
Decorative/Display
49
2
Pi
51
1
Character Sets
52
1
Expert Character Sets
52
1
Summary
53
2
Typography
55
50
Understanding the Elements of Type
57
32
The Readability of Type
58
20
Serif vs. Sans-Serif Type
58
1
Weight
59
1
Case
60
1
Italics
61
1
Measuring Type
62
3
Leading
65
2
Line Length
67
2
Justification (Alignment)
69
1
Margins and Columns
70
2
Columns Per Page
72
1
Color
72
3
Black, White and Gray Type
75
1
Tracking and Kerning
76
2
Special Characters
78
3
Quotes and Related Characters
78
1
Hyphens and Dashes
79
1
Special Characters
80
1
Spacing Options
81
1
Combining Type with Rules
81
4
Rules in Columns and Tables
81
2
Rules as Accents
83
2
Creating Lists
85
3
Bulleted Lists
85
2
Numbered Lists
87
1
Unnumbered Lists
87
1
Summary
88
1
Controlling Type Within Documents
89
16
Styled Type vs. Type Styles
89
2
Hyphenation and Justification
91
5
Auto vs. Manual Hyphenation
93
2
Reworking ``Rivers'' of Type in a Column
95
1
Horizontal and Vertical Alignment
96
3
Widow & Orphan Control
99
1
Working with Styles
100
3
Interaction of Styles
101
2
Summary
103
2
Real-World Challenges
105
60
Designing with Type
107
22
Matching Type to the Message
107
6
Type Denotation and Connotation
108
5
Display Type
113
7
Using Type for Headlines
114
3
Type in Boxes
117
1
Posters and Ads
118
1
Drop Caps
119
1
Body Type
120
2
Type and Color
122
1
Designing Logotypes
122
1
Interaction of Type and Graphics
123
4
Knocking Type Out of Photographs
123
1
Unique Treatments of Display Type
124
1
Working with Wraparounds
125
2
Type and the Design Grid
127
1
Summary
128
1
Type and the Internet
129
22
Displaying Type on Web Pages
129
2
Type Elements You Can't Control
131
2
Default Font Size
131
1
Default Font Face
132
1
Screen Resolution
133
1
Comparing Web and Print Documents
133
5
The Fold
134
1
Contrast
135
1
Underlining
136
1
Anti-aliasing
137
1
Fonts and Font Specification
138
8
Microsoft Core Fonts for the Web
139
1
Specifying Type in HTML
140
1
Specifying Face
140
1
Specifying Color
141
1
Using Special Characters
142
3
Headings
145
1
Styles
146
2
Types of Styles
147
1
HTML Styles
147
1
Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS
148
1
Fonts Embedded in Documents
148
1
Summary
149
2
The Mechanics of Type
151
14
Fonts in Common Use
151
3
PostScript Fonts
152
1
Multiple Master Fonts
153
1
True Type
153
1
Open Type
154
1
Naming Fonts
154
2
Font Matching
156
2
Managing Fonts on the Computer
158
2
Managing Fonts for Printing
160
4
Font-Related Printing Problems
161
1
Printing Tricks
162
1
VMError
162
1
Nostringval or Typecheck
162
1
LimitCheck
162
1
RangeCheck/SetPageParam
163
1
Dicstack Overflow
163
1
-8133 (Macintosh Only)
163
1
Undefined Offending Command: [various]
163
1
Summary
164
1
Last Thoughts
165
2
Gallery & Reference
167
2
Gallery
169
12
Glossary
181
16
Index
197
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