Digital Typefaces

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Karow, PeterMitarbeit: Zapf, H.

BuchKartoniert, Paperback

448 Seiten

Englisch

Springererschienen am19.01.2012Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994

Summary his book was written primarily for people who intend or wish to develop new machines for the output of typefaces. It is practical to categorize equipment into three groups for which digital alphabets are required - 1) display devices, 2) typesetting machines and 3) numerically controlled (NC) machines.mehr

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KlappentextSummary his book was written primarily for people who intend or wish to develop new machines for the output of typefaces. It is practical to categorize equipment into three groups for which digital alphabets are required - 1) display devices, 2) typesetting machines and 3) numerically controlled (NC) machines.

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ISBN/GTIN978-3-642-78107-0

ProduktartBuch

EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback

Verlag

Springer

Erscheinungsjahr2012

Erscheinungsdatum19.01.2012

AuflageSoftcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994

Seiten448 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

Gewicht795 g

IllustrationenXIII, 448 p.

Artikel-Nr.18227874

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GenreComputer/Internet/EDV

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Typeface terminology.- 3. Display of typefaces.- 3.1 Visual display devices.- 3.2 Typesetting machines.- 3.3 NC machines.- 4. Requirements of typesetting.- 4.1 Type structure.- 4.2 Form setting.- 4.3 Hierarchical format structure.- 5. Formats.- 5.1 Review of formats.- 5.2 Other concepts.- 5.3 Special coding techniques.- 5.4 Listing of a selection of type manufacturers.- 6. The URW concept.- 6.1 IKARUS.- 6.2 Format hierarchy at URW.- 6.3 IK interpolation.- 6.4 Nimbus.- 7. The preparation of rasters.- 7.1 Soft-scanning.- 7.2 Manual corrections.- 7.3 SC formats for laser printers.- 8. Industry Standards.- 8.1 Type 1 (by Jochen Lau).- 8.2 Intellifont (by Jochen Lau).- 8.3 TrueType Format (by Hartmut Schwarz).- 8.4 F3 Unix (by Jochen Lau).- 9. Conclusions.- 9.1 Properties of formats.- 9.2 Requirements to be met by formats.- 9.3 Recommendations for manufacturers.- 9.4 Time required for producing type.- Appendices.- A Type classification.- B Characters of a typeface.- C Accents for Latin type.- D Dingbats.- E Explanation of optical effects.- F Short dictionary of type terminology.- G Data structure for typefaces.- H Description of the IK format.- I Description of the BE, CN and QQ format.- J Description of the II format (by Jochen Lau).- K Description of the DI format.- L Description of the VC format.- M Description of the BS format.- N Description of the VE format.- O Description of the SC format.- P Description of the SN format.- Q Description of the BI format.- R Description of the GS format.- S Data structure for spacing.- T Width table.- U Kerning table.- V Touching and Overlapping table.- W Programs for converting IK ? DI.- X Marking and digitizing rules.- Y References, on typefaces in particular.- Z Index.mehr