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Order Nr. 92771 BOOK TYPOGRAPHY: A DESIGNER'S MANUAL. Michael Mitchell, Susan Wightman

BOOK TYPOGRAPHY: A DESIGNER'S MANUAL.

Marlborough, Wiltshire: Libanus Press, 2005. 7.25 x 9.25 inches. paperback. 434 pages. First edition. A fine copy. Book Typography: A Designer's Manual is a comprehensive guide to typography and typesetting. Books depend on good design to communicate. Every type of book, from a poetry collection to an encyclopedia, has its own style of communication. This manual describes the principles of good design, why they exist, and how to put them to practice. Book Typography leads..... READ MORE

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Preface.........................................xi
 
About this book................................xii
 
Introduction.....................................1
The basic terms of the trade.....................2
The pages of a book..............................2
Fonts............................................4
Setting the text panel...........................8
Measurements and formats........................11
Characters......................................12
The parts of a book.............................12
Printing and binding............................13
 

PART ONE
FUNCTION AND READABILITY
 
 Function.......................................16
 The language of typographic design.............16
 The functions of book typography...............18
 House rules and conventions....................19
 
 Legibility and readability.....................20
 Defining legibility and readability............20
 Regularity and rhythm..........................21
 Type size and readability......................22
 Spacing and readability........................23
 Inter-related elements.........................24
 

PART TWO
THE TEXT PANEL

 Format.........................................28
 Trade formats..................................28
 Format, paper sizes and presses................29
 Designing a format.............................29
 
 Laying out the text panel......................32
 Characters-per-line in justified setting.......33
 leading the text panel.........................38

 Lines-per-page: the depth of the text panel....41
 Proportions of the text panel..................42
 Positioning the text panel: margins............44
 Positioning the text panel: gutter and
    fore-edge...................................46
 Positioning the text panel: head and foot......48
 Traditional margins............................49
 Asymmetric layouts.............................50
 Ranged left text panels........................52

 Sections and paragraphs........................54
 Section breaks.................................54
 Paragraph indents..............................55

 Grids and master pages.........................56
 The function of a grid.........................56
 Master pages...................................56
 Relationships within the grid..................57
 Examples of book grids and master pages........58


PART THREE
TYPEFACE CHARACTERISTICS AND CHOICES

 Font categories................................62
 Serif fonts....................................62
 Sans serif fonts...............................62
 Display fonts..................................62

 Type styles....................................63
 A brief historical view........................63
 Style..........................................65

 Typeface families..............................66
 Extended type families.........................67
 Titling fonts..................................67
 Display typefaces..............................67
 Italic forms...................................68
 Matching serif and sans serif typefaces........69
 Semi-bold and bold fonts.......................70

 Text font choices..............................71
 Choosing a text font...........................73
 Pastiche setting...............................75

 Typeface characteristics.......................76
 Typeface sizing................................76
 X-height.......................................77
 Set............................................79
 Fit............................................81
 Typeface and setting colour....................84
 Observing type features........................87
 

PART FOUR
TEXT COMPOSITION
 
 Word-spacing in text composition...............90
 Specifying paragraph styles for justified
    setting.....................................90
 Paragraph styles, type size and measure........96
 Paragraph styles and typeface choices..........97
 Word division and hyphenation..................98
 Paragraph last lines...........................99
 Applying paragraph styles to secondary
    text matter.................................99
 Specifying paragraph styles for
    ranged left setting........................100

 Manual adjustments to composition.............102
 Massaging justified text......................102
 Massaging ranged left text....................111
 
 
PART FIVE
HEADINGS

 Chapter headings..............................114
 Type style of chapter titles..................115
 Chapter drops.................................116
 Position of chapter titles....................117
 Size of chapter titles........................118
 Chapter numbers...............................119
 Chapter epigraphs.............................121
 Drop caps, raised caps and small caps.........122
 Run-on chapters...............................123
 Chapter ends..................................125
 Recto starts..................................125

 Sub-headings..................................126
 Heading hierarchies: A, Band C headings.......126
 Relative importance of headings...............126
 Size of sub-headings..........................128
 The use of space before and after headings....129
 The type style of sub-headings................130
 The position of sub-headings..................134
 Grouping headings together....................136
 Using colours and tints for sub-headings......138
 Numbered sub-sections.........................140
 Saving space with minor headings..............141

 Display typefaces and ornaments...............142
 Display typefaces.............................142
 Swash letters.................................148
 Ornaments.....................................149
 Drop capitals.................................152
 Letter-spacing displayed capitals.............156


PART SIX
PRELIMS AND ENDMATTER

 The sequence and numbering of
    preliminary pages..........................160
 Page sequences................................160
 Numbering prelims.............................163

 Title, half-title and part-titles.............164
 The title page................................164
 The half-title page...........................172
 Part-title pages..............................173

 Further preliminary pages.....................176
 The imprint page..............................176
 Dedication....................................180
 Epigraph......................................180
 The contents page.............................181
 Acknowledgements..............................185
 List of illustrations.........................186
 Foreword......................................186
 Preface.......................................186
 Introduction..................................187

 Additional pages..............................188
 Maps and plans................................188
 Lists of abbreviations, scholarly sources
    and aids to pronunciation..................189

 Endmatter.....................................190
 Page sequence.................................190
 Appendices....................................191
 Endnotes......................................191
 Abbreviations and acknowledgements............191
 Glossary......................................192
 Bibliography..................................192
 Indexes.......................................194
 
 
PART SEVEN
ADDITIONAL ELEMENTS ON THE PAGE
 
 Folios and running heads......................200
 Folios........................................200
 Running heads.................................202
 Running feet..................................204
 Running shoulders.............................205
 When to delete folios and running heads.......206
 Shortening running heads......................207
 Colour coding and bleeding out................207

 Footnotes, endnotes and sidenotes.............208
 Footnotes.....................................209
 Endnotes......................................211
 Sidenotes.....................................212
 Sidebars......................................214
 Note indicators...............................215
 Mixing notes..................................216
 Notes without indicators......................217
 
 
PART EIGHT
EXTENT

 Signatures and imposition.....................220
 Extent and words-per-page.....................222
 How many pages?...............................222
 Estimating extent.............................223
 Fixed extents.................................223
 Words-per-page: type size and leading.........224
 Increasing and reducing extent................224
 Typeface economy..............................233
 
 Making extent.................................234
 Fitting x words and y pictures into z pages...234
 Flowing in text...............................236
 Putting theory into practice..................239
 When fitting text into a limited space,
    do not be tempted to . . . ................241


PART NINE
TYPESETTING

 Setting a font family.........................244
 Setting italics within roman text.............244
 Caps and small caps...........................245
 Superior characters...........................245

 Setting punctuation...........................246
 Quotation marks...............................246
 Apostrophes...................................248
 Colons, semi-colons and commas................248
 Full points...................................250
 Hyphens.......................................252
 En dashes.....................................252
 Em dashes.....................................253
 Ellipses......................................254
 Parentheses and square brackets...............255
 Question marks and exclamation marks..........256
 Italicizing punctuation.......................257

 Setting displayed texts.......................258
 Extracts and quotations.......................258
 Setting poetry within the text................260
 Displaying lists within the text..............261
 Displaying letters and diary entries
    within text................................264
 Setting interviews............................266
 Re-creating typographic styles in the text....266


PART TEN
NUMBERS

 Setting numerals..............................270
 Lining and non-lining figures.................270
 Numbered lists................................272
 Numbered illustrations........................273
 Numbered catalogue entries....................273
 Columns and tables............................274
 Decimals and fractions........................275
 Weights and measures..........................277
 Times.........................................277
 Dates.........................................277
 Elided numbers................................277
 Roman numerals................................278
 Spelling out numbers..........................279
 

PART ELEVEN
ILLUSTRATED BOOKS

 Placing illustrations within text.............282
 The size of scattered illustrations...........282
 Positioning illustrations.....................283
 Proportions...................................284
 Unusual shapes................................285
 Cut-outs......................................285
 Grids for illustrations.......................286
 Asymmetric layouts............................287
 Double-column layouts.........................287
 Plate sections................................288
 
 Large-format illustrated books................289
 Choosing a format.............................289
 Large-format grids............................291
 Grids for catalogues..........................292
 Planning four-colour work.....................293
 Typography in large-format illustrated books..294
 Captions......................................295
 Bleeding out illustrations....................296
 Fold-outs.....................................298
 Co-editions...................................300


PART TWELVE
IMAGES

 Working with images...........................304
 Cropping illustrations........................304
 Cropping works of art.........................306
 Using image details...........................307
 Horizontals and verticals.....................308
 Differences in scale..........................309

 Digital images................................310
 The pixel and resolution......................310
 Colour modes - RGB/CMYK.......................312
 How scans are used............................312
 Picture management............................313
 The output of scanned images..................316


PART THIRTEEN
FURTHER TEXT TREATMENTS

 Setting plays.................................320

 Setting poetry................................323

 Dual-language prose setting...................330
 Accents and special sorts.....................331

 Progressive formats...........................334

 Reference works...............................337
 Navigation....................................337
 Multi-column layouts..........................338
 Type style....................................338

 Multi-volume works............................339
 Works sold as sets............................339

 Setting tables................................340
 Column width..................................340
 Type size.....................................341
 Rules.........................................342
 Extensive tables..............................342
 Chronologies..................................343

 Setting for special needs.....................344
 Setting text for dyslexic readers.............344
 Setting text for partially sighted readers....346


PART FOURTEEN
BINDING, COVERS AND JACKETS

 Binding.......................................350
 Hard-bound books..............................350
 Paperback books...............................351

 Covers and jackets............................352
 Cover components..............................352
 Jacket components.............................354
 French-fold jackets...........................356
 Printed cases.................................357
 jacket and cover finishes.....................357
 Combining cover and jacket image and text.....358
 Typesetting jacket and cover copy.............366
 jacket and cover front flap text layout.......367
 jacket and cover back flap text layout........368
 jacket and cover back panel text layout.......369
 Spine text layout.............................370
 Cover back panel text layout..................371
 
PART FIFTEEN
PRE-SETTING AND POST-SETTING
 
 Preparing text for setting....................374
 How editors supply text.......................374
 Converting text for use.......................380
 From production to design.....................382

 Editorial rules...............................384
 Italicization.................................384
 Capitalization................................385
 Abbreviations and contractions................385
 Word division.................................386
 Compounds.....................................386
 Quotation marks...............................387
 Apostrophes...................................387
 References to bibliographical sources.........388
 Credit lines..................................389
 Spelling......................................389

 From proof to printing........................390
 Marking up of proofs..........................390
 Output........................................395
 Output of text-only books.....................395
 Output of illustrated books...................396
 Checking the printer's proofs.................397
 Paper and presses.............................398
 Paper choices.................................399


PART SIXTEEN
TIME AND MONEY

 Time and money................................404
 The production sequence.......................404
 Receiving and understanding the brief.........405
 Design and typesetting work progression.......411
 Time sheets...................................416
 Print management..............................417
 Invoicing and VAT.............................419

Acknowledgements...............................421

Credits........................................421

Reference books and further reading............423

Glossary and index.............................425