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GDMA 2100 TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN FOR BOOKS

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Presentation slides for my Publication Design course at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. The purpose of the project was to explore typographic conciderations in book design. This included effective hierarchy, grid systems, and body type manipulation. See more at my blog: ziasomjee.wordpress.com

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GDMA 2100

TYPOGRAPHIC DESIGN FOR BOOKS

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GOAL:To develop an understanding of book layouts, and learn how to create a design that goes unseen, leaving all focus on the content.

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THE WANDERING LAKEby Sven Hedin

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MAIN PROBLEMS:

chapter titles, etc.)-

ing wall of text.

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outside margins: 4p0

top margins: 4p0

bottom margins: 4p0

inside margins: 2p10

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