A comprehensive and practical guide for students and experienced designers alike, this carefully structured text is illustrated throughout with photographs and diagrams.

Using a combination of explanatory text, step-by-step photographs and classic and contemporary examples, this unique survey brings together over 130 processes involved in creating lettering and applying it to surfaces.

Providing an essential grounding for readers of all levels this carefully structured text takes the reader through every aspect of typography, from the history of language to the invention of movable type and the evolution of the digital systems of today.