The Non-Designer's Design and Type Books,

Deluxe Edition [Paperback]

Robin Williams​



(from the publisher) This book offers decades of experience from one of the greatest computer book authors. Here in one volume, Robin Williams has joined together a new edition of her classic The Non-Designer’s Design Book—in glorious full color for the first time—and her best-selling The Non-Designer’s Type Book. Robin uses her straightforward and lighthearted style to define the principles that govern good design and type as well as the logic behind those principles. Using numerous examples, you’ll learn what looks best and why on your way to designing beautiful and effective projects. Whether you are a Mac user or a Windows user, a type novice or an experienced graphic designer, you will find inspiration and direction for the design quandaries and conundrums you are sure to encounter!

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These essential guides to design and type will teach you about:
The four principles of design that underlie every design project
Categories of type
Working with color
How to combine typefaces for maximum effect
Readability and legibility
The proper typographic treatment of punctuation
Letter spacing, line spacing, and paragraph spacing
Special characters and accent marks



(from Michael) I learned a lot from this book. Actually, it’s not a book. It’s two books inhabiting one body. And, although the author is Robin Williams, it’s a woman -- not the man who played Mork from Ork, Mrs. Doubtfire, Peter Pan, Vladimir Ivanoff and the Blue Genie in  “Aladdin.”

     The Robin Williams we’re concerned with now is the author of dozens of bestselling and award-winning books. Through her writing and teaching, Robin has influenced countless disciples in design, typography and publishing. She said, “Listen to your eyes. If something looks wrong, it is wrong.” Robin’s right.



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