New information and new images make this perennial best-seller an even more valuable tool for anyone interested in learning about typography. First published in 1971, this title is used universally ever since. It provides access to lessons from distinguished typographers around the world through Web site. More than 250,000 are sold.

In this invaluable book, Karen Cheng explains the processes behind creating and designing type, one of the most important tools of graphic design. She addresses issues of structure, optical compensation, and legibility, with special emphasis given to the often-overlooked relationships between letters and shapes in font design. In this second edition, students and professional g...(展开全部)

While writing and alphabets go back thousands of years, the history of typography is a long, rich, and unique one-spanning from the movable type used to set Guttenberg's 42-line Bible in 1455 to today's 21st-century computer-designed typefaces. Type and Typography is the definitive guide for every designer who works with type and layout. Carefully structured and brimming with ...(展开全部)

凯伦 程是美国西雅图市华盛顿大学视觉交流设计项目的副教授，主要教授该大学的字体设计和字体排印学课程。她是一名积极的字体设计实践者，其设计作品早已获得了美国平面设计师协会（AIGA）、ID杂志和美国设计中心的认可。她在ID杂志上出版了《交流艺术》一书。

As one of a graphic designer’s most essential tools, typefaces influence 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 relation...(展开全部)

MySQL 5 is slated to be the most significant release in the products history. The Definitive Guide to MySQL 5, Third Edition is the newest revision of Michel Koflers popular book. This is the first book to offer in-depth instruction about the new features of the world's most popular open source database server. Updated to reflect changes in MySQL version 5, this book will expos...(展开全部)

An ideal supplement in any history course that requires writing, A Short Guide to Writing About History stresses thinking and writing like an historian. This engaging and practical text helps students get beyond merely compiling dates and facts; it teaches them how to incorporate their own ideas into their papers and to tell a story about history that interests them and their p...(展开全部)

Explore the fascinating world of anime through 30 classic films in this new book from the authors of Ghibliotheque The Ghibliotheque Guide to Anime gives an accessible beginner's tour to the wildly popular world of Japanese animated cinema, charting a path that takes in everything from titans of the industry like Akira, Ghost in the Shell and Your Name, to deeper cuts, hidden g...(展开全部)

德斯蒙德·莫里斯（Desmond Morris），世界知名动物学家、动物行为学家，也是广受欢迎的人类学家，历任伦敦动物园哺乳动物馆馆长、现代美术研究所所长、牛津大学特聘研究员。他与牛津大学获得动物学博士学位，终生与动物为伍，曾著有畅销世界的科普著作《裸猿》《人类动物园》《亲密行为》 。 黄建仁，台湾中正大学哲学研究所硕士。《国家地理杂志》中文版编辑、书店店长、采编。长期兼职翻译、摄影与MIS。目前专职“猫奴”加“狗奴”。