Designing Type
Karen Cheng
One of the most essential tools of graphic design, typography influences the appearance of visual print materials perhaps more than any other component. This essential book explains the processes behind creating and designing type. Author Karen Cheng discusses issues of structure, optical compensation, and legibility, with special emphasis given to the often overlooked relationships between letters and shapes in font design.
"Cheng’s Designing Type is a comprehensive, systematic guide to the complexities of letters and how they fit together. . . . It’s visually ordered and orderly, which helps to organize the complex information and make it accessible. . . . For a practical approach to designing letters today, Designing Type may be the most useful single tool available. It looks like a book that will have a long life."—John D. Berry, Arcade Magazine
"This book provides a meticulous guide to the technical aspects of creating fitting fonts."—Dwell
"With careful examination, the casual reader will not look at print the same way again. To graphic-designers, who specialize in typography, this book is an invaluable reference guide."—Doug Ing, International Examiner
Publication Date: May 19, 2006
Publishing Partner: Laurence King
70 b/w + 100 color diagrams