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Genre/Form: | Handbook style manuals Handbooks and manuals Style manuals Guides et manuels Codes typographiques Handbooks, manuals, etc Guides, manuels, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Williams, Robin, 1953- Non-designer's design book. Berkeley, CA : Peachpit Press, ©1994 (OCoLC)650017705 |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robin Williams |
ISBN: | 1566091594 9781566091596 |
OCLC Number: | 31017943 |
Description: | 144 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
Contents: | Is this book for you? -- Mini-glossary -- Design principles: Joshua tree principle -- Four basic principles -- Proximity -- Alignment -- Repetition -- Contrast -- Review -- Designing with type: Type (& life): Categories of type -- Type contrasts -- Extras: So, do you get it? -- Answers to quizzes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
Responsibility: | Robin Williams. |
Abstract:
This guide introduces the non-designer to the four basic principles of design that form the backbone of every well-designed piece, namely proximity, alignment, repetition, and contrast. Each principle is clearly described and defined in jargon free language. Design examples illustrate the text.
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