Typographic Systems: Frameworks for Type Beyond the Grid - Kimberly Elam - Books - Princeton Architectural Press - 9781568986876 - May 22, 2007
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Typographic Systems: Frameworks for Type Beyond the Grid 1st edition

Kimberly Elam

Typographic Systems: Frameworks for Type Beyond the Grid 1st edition

Typographic organization has always been a complex system in that there are so many elements at play, such as hierarchy, order of reading, legibility, and contrast. In Typographic Systems, Kim Elam, author of our bestselling books, Geometry of Design and Grid Systems, explores eight major structural frameworks beyond the gridincluding random, radial, modular, and bilateralsystems. By taking the reader through exercises, student work, and professional examples, Elam offers a broad range of design solutions.

Once essential visual organization systems are understood the designer can fluidly organize words or images within a structure, combination of structures, or a variation of a structure. With clarity and substance, each systemfrom the structured axis to the nonhierarchical radial arrayis explained and explored so that the reader comes away with a better understanding of these intricate complex arrangements. Typographic Systems is the seventh title in our bestselling Design Briefs series, which has sold more than 100,000 copies worldwide.


159 pages, 55 colour and 400 black and white illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released May 22, 2007
ISBN13 9781568986876
Publishers Princeton Architectural Press
Pages 160
Dimensions 179 × 216 × 14 mm   ·   450 g
Language English  

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