Specimens of engraving, lithography & typography

This new handbook takes the broadest possible view of typography, defining it as ‘design for reading’. It considers all kinds of reading matter and visual communication systems; di...

Typography: A Very Short Introduction offers a broad definition of typography as design for reading, whether in print or on screens, where a set of visual choices are taken to make...

Typography is the most effective tool that graphic designers use to express ideas and convey a message. The ability to choose the right typeface for the right job, to design readab...

This chapter deals with the forms in which Chinese texts reached neighbouring societies and were reproduced there. Thanks to the spread of paper-making technology, the materials wi...

The chapter constitutes the first detailed study of how early lexicographers and printers exploited typography to present the description of the meaning of words and their morpholo...

A lavishly illustrated guide to the magnum opus of the great seventeenth-century anatomist, master embalmer, artist, and collector of specimens. Frederik Ruysch (163...

Description Ten peer-reviewed papers cover the latest information on pendulum impact machines. STP 1476 represents the work of impact test researchers from around th...