Publisher: Visual Communication Books
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0853312362
ISBN-13: 978-0853312369
Product Dimensions: 30.5 x 21.5 x 1.5 cm
Release Date: 1969
Price: sold
Author: Herbert Spencer
Revised from a report prepared as part of a program of research into the readability of print in information publishing, sponsored by the International Publishing Corporation and first published in June 1968 in a restricted edition by the Royal College of Art in London. “Legibility research in printing is concerned with the efficiency of the visible word.” (Herbert Spencer) Illustrated with b/w examples and a 464 entry bibliography. An authoritative and complete reference.
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Herbert Spencerによる文字のLegibilityについての検証、調査をまとめたものです。この本を読むことで人間はどうやって文字を認知、判別するかを理解、考えさせられます。本質のない流行の書体選びだけの退屈なタイポグラフィからの脱却に向けて持て余した情熱を生かすことに繋がるのではないでしょうか。巻末にはHerabert Matterをはじめとした実験的な書体も紹介されています。