A treasury of practical solutions for graphic arts problems, Complete Studio Tips offers hundreds of easy, clever suggestions for the commonplace problems encountered by amateur and professional artists, graphic designers, desktop publishers, calligraphers, hobbyists, and others who work with illustration, layout, lettering, and print. Whether or not you work on a computer, don't miss out on these wonderful traditional paste-up practices. For those numerous occasions when digital sources and equipment are unavailable, unaffordable, or just plain unsuitable, you will want to have this helpful compendium of answers close at hand.

Complete Studio Tips

Arts & Photography

Gray, Bill

Shaw, Paul

Graphic Design

W.W.Norton&Company

Timesaving techniques for producing well-formed, good-looking lettering in all the major styles. Drawing letters quickly, accurately, and gracefully is an essential skill for artists and designers, even in the computer age. Bill Gray shows how to make the basic strokes for capitals and lowercase forms; get letter and word spacing right; reproduce the characteristics of any alphabet; produce extended, condensed, and outline versions of a type family; and more. Dozens of specimens serve as models of fine lettering.

Lettering Tips: For Artists, Graphic Designers, and Calligraphers

A concise introduction to the time-honored fundamentals of typography and the digital revolution. Some things never change: the anatomy of type, type classification, the principles of layout and legibility of the printed page. Other aspects of typography have been revolutionized by the computer and the rise of desktop publishing. This handy guide provides a rundown of the history of type, traditional usage, and the changes wrought by the widespread practice of typesetting by nonprofessionals. Calligraphy and b/w drawings throughout

Tips on Type

Wills, Scott

More studio tips for artists and graphic designers

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

Tips on type

Computers & Technology

Graphics & Design

Timesaving techniques for producing well-formed, good-looking lettering in all the major styles.Drawing letters quickly, accurately, and gracefully is an essential skill for artists and designers, even in the computer age. Bill Gray shows how to make the basic strokes for capitals and lowercase forms; get letter and word spacing right; reproduce the characteristics of any alphabet; produce extended, condensed, and outline versions of a type family; and more. Dozens of specimens serve as models of fine lettering.

Lettering tips for artists, graphic designers, and calligraphers

Offers a variety of practical moneyand time-saving hints in each area of graphic art, from organizing a work area to simplifying boardwork procedures and solving design problems

More Studio Tips for Artists and Graphic Designers

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company

Offers suggestions for organizing the work area, working with basic tools and equipment, forming particular shapes, and creating special effects

Studio Tips for Artists and Graphic Designers

Simon&Schuster

Introduces useful tools and materials, and discusses card folds, edges, lettering, transfers, stencils, printing techniques, embossing, block printing, silk-screening, marbling, foil decorating, and card forms

Tips on Making Greeting Cards

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Van Milligen, Jane

Crafts & Hobbies

Design Pr

Offers a brief history of writing, shows examples of major calligraphic styles and common mistakes, and provides tips on spacing, the tools of the trade, unusual effects, and selling calligraphy

Calligraphy Tips

Other Media

Tab Books

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