Digital Type Design Guide Sean Cavanaugh's book about type and typography, desktop publishing, fonts and font management

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
  Table of Contents

Forward
    Written by Sage Osterfeld, the former president of SoftMaker/ATF (the company that provided the fonts on the companion CD).
Introduction

PostScript and TrueType Fonts: The Basics
    In this chapter I introduce concepts such as the difference between bitmap and outline fonts, hinting, printing issues, and choosing the right font format for your needs.
PostScript and TrueType Fonts on the Macintosh
    Everything you ever wanted to know about installing, managing, and working with font files on the Mac. This chapter doesn’t touch on design issues, but rather nuts and bolts techie stuff.
PostScript and TrueType Fonts with Microsoft Windows
    Same as the preceding chapter, except it’s all about Microsoft Windows.
Cross Platform Issues
    The ins and outs of working in a cross-platform (Mac & Windows) and/or cross-format (TrueType & Type 1) environment. The focus is on font conversion and substitution.
Working with Characters
    From keyboard characters to extended characters, the chapter teaches you how to use them, when to use them, and even how to pronounce them.
Ligatures and Expert Set Characters
    A short but informative chapter about working with so-called expert fonts. Learn how to access and use ligatures, set proper fractions and find the coolest ampersands.
The Rules of Digital Typography
    This chapter is the heart of the book. Follow these “rules” and you’ll be creating elegant, typographically-correct documents in no time.
E-mail Typography
    How to create and format e-mail messages like an Internet veteran.
Type as Graphic Element
    A collection of step-by-step Photoshop & Illustrator techniques to help you create really cool type-based graphic images.
Choosing Typefaces
    People often ask me, “What typeface should I use for [fill in the blank]?” Here’s my advice.
Typefaces
    An important chapter covering typeface classification and history, providing detailed information about a number of typefaces from all the major historical and functional categories, as well as tips on when and how to best use them.
Bibliography
    An annotated bibliography of books and periodicals about type and typography. I created an on-line version of sorts where you can actually purchase these books, or just read more about them.
Index