Complete Typographer, The

Will Hill is Senior Lecturer in Graphic Design at Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University (UK).  Prior to entering full-time academic employment in 1993, he had 17 years experience as a freelance designer in London, during which time he worked for many of the city's leading publishers, journals, agencies and design consultancies.  He is a member of Atypi (the Association of Typographique Internationale) and has written a number of papers on typography for international design and communication journals.

6 Introduction
7 How to use this book


Chapter 1
8 The history of type
10 Early movable type
12 The development of printing
16Offset lithography and photosetting
18The digital age


Chapter 2
22 Categories of type
24 Typeface classification
26 Humanist
32 Garalde
40 Transitional
44 Didone
52 Slab Serif
58 Grotesque
62 Humanist Sans
66 Neo-Grotesque
72 Geometric Sans
78 Glyphic
84 Blackletter
88 Script, Italic and Chancery
94 Decorated and Ornamental

98 Beyond classification


Chapter 3
104 Working with type
106 The typeface
110 Measurement
112 Typographic space
114 Special features
118 Selecting type
122 Alignment
126 Differentiation
128 Combining typefaces
130 Page layout
136 The grid
138 Display typography
146 Typography for the screen
150 Environmental typography
154 Hand-drawn type
158 Building a collection


Chapter 4
160 Catalogue of type


180 Usage
184 Glossary
186 Resources
188 Index
192 Credits