Typographic Systems

• Main Author: Elam, Kimberly 1951- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Princeton Architectural Press 2007
• Series: Design briefs
• Subjects: Composition (Art); Visual communication; Graphic design (Typography)
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• Physical Description: 159 pages colour illustrations 22 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157) and index
• ISBN: 9781568986876; 1568986874 (pbk.)

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.