for Students and Practitioners
Elements
Perspective
1. Alphabet
Insight
Looking
Glyphs
Classifications
Terminology
Roman type
Stress and serifs
Sans serif
Terminals
Humanist
Geometric
Script
Blackletter
Typewriter face
Stencil typeface
2. Characters
Typogoers
Specimens/53 typefaces
Pangrams/Isograms
3. Treatments
Scales and units
Type size
Pica ruler
Unit and set width
Spacing and leading
Letter spacing
Controlling spacing
Spacing details
Word spacing
Hyphenation
Justified
Ragged
Centered
Line spacing
Line length
Cross alignment
Character count charts
Alphabet length
Copyfitting table
Paragraphs
Contrast
Hierarchy
Capitalization
4. Format
Metallic ratios
Fibonacci numbers
Aspect ratios
Book format
Type area
Page numbering
Page proportions
Grid systems
Fitting the grid field
Multi-columns
Column contrast
Text flow
Tabular information
Ruled tabular composition
5. Technology
Timeline
Cutting machine
Linecasting machine
Phototypesetting
Typewriter
IBM Selectric typewriter
Font family
Bitmap fonts
Outline fonts
TeX/Metafont
Optical size characteristics
Web fonts
Random fonts
Icons
Keyboard layouts
ASCII/Key combinations
6. Bilingualism
Reference lines
Differentiation with heights
Illusion of x-height
Optical equivalents
Japanese typesetting
Japanese grid system
Kana characters
Relative positions
Vertical typesetting
Bases of vertical text
Japanese terminology
Counters of kana
Kanji characters
Kana-length
Prohibition of Japanese typesetting
Line adjustment
Legibility
Typographic matrixes
7. Standards
International paper sizes
US paper sizes
Japanese DFS
Overseas DFS
International envelope sizes
US envelope styles
Japanese envelope sizes
Printed matter
Construction of envelopes
Letter folding
Folding for Japanese envelopes
Folding for Japanese Western-styles
Folding for Western-style envelopes
Folding for C series format envelopes
Address placement on postal matters
Typography for C series
Window envelopes
Typography for letterhead
Typography for calling cards
8. Glossary
Typographic terms
List of typefaces
List of font publishers and organizations
Intellectual property protection of typefaces