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Robert Bringhurst · 2004
Sequence ladder
Narrative Intelligence sources live outside the figurative image sequence ladder. Adaptive placement applies to image sequences, not this reading library.
What this book knows
Typography is a craft of honoring language through form — every spacing decision, typeface choice, and mark is an act of care for the reader.
mind-and-cognition
The screen bombards the eye with light instead of waiting to repay the gift of vision — we look to it for clues and revelations more than wisdom.
DC-ETS-RC-142Neoclassical letters are frequently beautiful, calm forms, but forms oblivious to the more complex beauty of organic fact.
DC-ETS-RC-095work-as-meaning
Every layer and level of the text must be consistent, distinct, yet usually harmonious — each requires its own typographic identity and form.
DC-ETS-RC-009Call the type by its honest name. Giving credit where credit is due is the basic work of typographic history.
DC-ETS-RC-157education-and-formation
Good type is good because it has natural strength and beauty. The best results come from finding the best type for the task.
DC-ETS-RC-039A forceful and resilient neohumanist text face, closer to the tough and lovely text romans of sixteenth-century Paris than anything now in digital form.
DC-ETS-RC-176Illuminates
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Reader resonance signals for text sources are not wired to this view yet.