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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works

A guide to typography. It draws in the reader with its design and layout, making use of more than 200 illustrations and photographs. It explains in everyday layman's terms what type is and how you can use it to enhance legibility, meaning, and aesthetic enjoyment. It also includes chapters on Web typography and other forms of online text display.

Subject
education
Themes
art
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 208 pages
Form
graphic novels

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