Oak Knoll

First edition. Fine in fine jacket.

The "invisible" craft of book designing, as it is delineated in this volume, goes beyond the creation of something different or pretty or clever to the challenge of how to best serve the author's words. Hendel and eight other designers, (Sandra Strother Hudson and David Bullen are among these) consider problems posed by a wide range of projects--selection of a book's size and shape, choice of typeface for text and display, arrangement of type on the page, and determination of typographic details for all parts of the book within manufacturing and budget limitations. "Written not only for seasoned and novice book designers, this book will fascinate others in publishing as well as readers and authors who are curious to know how books end up looking the way they do." Includes 110 illustrations.