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Fonts and Encodings: From Advanced Typography to Unicode and Everything in Between (O'Reilly Ser.) Paperback – 9 Oct. 2007

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This reference is a fascinating and complete guide to using fonts and typography on the Web and across a variety of operating systems and application software. Fonts & Encodings shows you how to take full advantage of the incredible number of typographic options available, with advanced material that covers everything from designing glyphs to developing software that creates and processes fonts.

The era of ASCII characters on green screens is long gone, and industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard. Yet, many software applications and web sites still use a host of standards, including PostScript, TrueType, TeX/Omega, SVG, Fontlab, FontForge, Metafont, Panose, and OpenType. This book explores each option in depth, and provides background behind the processes that comprise today's "digital space for writing"
  • Part I introduces Unicode, with a brief history of codes and encodings including ASCII. Learn about the morass of the data that accompanies each Unicode character, and how Unicode deals with normalization, the bidirectional algorithm, and the handling of East Asian characters.
  • Part II discusses font management, including installation, tools for activation/deactivation, and font choices for three different systems: Windows, the Mac OS, and the X Window System (Unix).
  • Part III deals with the technical use of fonts in two specific cases: the TeX typesetting system (and its successor, W, which the author co-developed) and web pages.
  • Part IV describes methods for classifying fonts: Vox, Alessandrini, and Panose-1, which is used by Windows and the CSS standard. Learn about existing tools for creating (or modifying) fonts, including FontLab and FontForge, and become familiar with OpenType properties and AAT fonts.
Nowhere else will you find the valuable technical information on fonts and typography that software developers, web developers, and graphic artists need to know to get typography and fonts to work properly.
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    17.78 x 5.05 x 23.34 cm
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Overall, I rate this an exceptional achievement.
-- ComputerWorld, October 2007

The Greatest Font Book Ever. Besides being authoritative and exhaustively complete, it's a joy to read. -- Design Tools Monthly, December 2007

this puts the U in Unicode and is a must read for anyone that wants to learn more about this exciting topic -- Dan McKinnon, October 2007

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The era of ASCII characters on green screens is long gone. Today, industry leaders such as Apple, HP, IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have adopted the Unicode Worldwide Character Standard, and acceptance among developers is rapidly increasing. Yet much software and many web sites still use a host of standards, including PostScript, TrueType, TeX/Omega, SVG, Fontlab, FontForge, Metafont, Panose, and OpenType.

This new reference book is a comprehensive guide to using fonts and typography on the Web and across a variety of operating systems and application software. Fonts & Encodings shows you how to take full advantage of the incredible number of typographic options available. Advanced material covers everything from designing glyphs to developing software that creates and processes fonts. This book explains information on fonts and typography that software and web developers need to know to get typography and fonts to work properly.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0596102429
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O′Reilly
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 9 Oct. 2007
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 1038 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780596102425
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0596102425
  • Item weight ‏ : ‎ 1.62 kg
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 17.78 x 5.05 x 23.34 cm
  • Best Sellers Rank: 1,366,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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