An Industry Classic, Revised for the Modern Age
This classic guide to winning readers for designers, art directors, and editors, has been completely updated to be applicable to both online and print publication design. Because it has truths about effective visual communication that transcend ever-changing technology, this book has been in continuous publication since 1974. Revised with the careful attention of widely respected author and professor of graphic design Alex W. White, Editing by Design, Fourth Edition, describes how both word people and design people have the same task: to reveal the true core of each message as plainly and compellingly as possible. It is a book vital to creators of todayâs online and print media.
Readers will find ways to marry content and form, helping story and design to reinforce each other, and create pages that are irresistible. Brimming with three hundred illustrations, chapters cover a wealth of design and editing matters, including:
Product details
Publisher : Allworth; 4th edition (Jan. 5 2021)
Language : English
Paperback : 232 pages
ISBN-10 : 1621537609
ISBN-13 : 978-1621537601
Item weight : 1.05 kg
Dimensions : 20.32 x 2.03 x 25.4 cm
Best Sellers Rank: #726,098 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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#412 in Design History & Criticism
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