{"product_id":"five-hundred-years-of-book-design-9780300090581","title":"Five Hundred Years of Book Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat decisions lie behind the way a book is designed? How are readers of books helped or hindered by the choices that a designer  publisher  or printer has made in presenting an authors text to its intended audience? Are there any lessons we can learn from a study of the books that have been produced in previous centuries? In this illustrated volume  Alan Bartram  a distinguished book designer and typographer  answers many of these questions and provides his personal view of some of the successes and failures of his predecessors. He looks with fresh eyes at a varied range of books published in western Europe and America in the last half-millennium  concerning himself in particular with readability  function  and clarification of meaning. He also discusses how different elements of text  decoration  and illustration were combined in the layout of the printed page  and he comments on whether the resultant design is successful. Concisely written and handsomely produced  this visual history of book design and production is intended for a wide audience - students of graphic design and the history of the book  bibliophiles  collectors  and all who are interested in the visual communication of ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495911055413,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300090587","price":41.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300090581.jpg?v=1780903512","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/five-hundred-years-of-book-design-9780300090581","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}