The Typography Manual
$3.99
Current Rank:
#7553
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App Details
- Category:
- Reference
- Release Date:
- Jul 12, 2009
- Homepage:
- http://www.typographya...
- Publisher:
- The Typography Manual
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*5 Stars* - Macworld
The Typography Manual is a pocket resource for graphic designers and anyone that works with type. It provides all the essentials of a book reference on your iPhone or iPod Touch!
The Type Manual features a 60+ page book covering the history of type, type basics, how to properly set text and special characters, the latest information on typography on the web, font specimens, graphic design topics, and more.
The Visual Type Anatomy Glossary is a 100+ glossary of type terminology that doesn't just give you a definition, it shows you on the letters themselves.
Use the Style Guide to correctly set numbers, punctuation, capitalization, titles, and references.
Not sure how to create that degree symbol or currency mark? Use the Mac Character Keyboards to quickly find the key combination you need. Putting that special character into HTML? Hop over to the HTML Character Codes to find the right HTML number.
The Em Calculator can speed up your development time in creating scalable type for the web by doing the division for you.
Reading a magazine and curious what the type size is? Use the Font Size Ruler to get an estimate in serif or sans-serif.
The Type Manual also has references for paper and web banner sizes, resources on the web, inspiration and blogs, and a listing of type foundries.
The Typography Manual will be consistently upgraded with new content, new features, and the latest in typography, graphic design, and technology.
*FEATURED ON*
DesignObserver, Gizmodo, Kottke.org, Cult of Mac, Coudal Partners, UnderConsideration, Wired Magazine Sept 2009 Issue
*TESTIMONIALS*
"The Typographic Manual is exactly the kind of thing that shows off the kind of application/content hybrid publishing model that the iPhone is such an excellent platform for. A thing of beauty." - Edd Dumbill
"Absolutely incredible app. I'm really astonished at how great it is."
"The more I play with it, the more amazing this app is! You really thought of everything!"
"This is bar none the best app I’ve seen on type. A must have if you’re a designer."
*COMING SOON*
App-Wide Searchable Index: Quickly find content.
Type History Timeline
Searchable HTML Characters
Symbol Library - History, codes, and form studies of dozens of characters.
Information on identifying classifications, a bigger Style Guide, and much more! ...More
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...typography app for iPhone http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-typography-manual/id321091154?mt=8 looks like it might be worth a punt...
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Devin Coldewey is a Seattle-based writer and photographer. He has written for the TechCrunch network since 2007. Some posts he’d like you to read: The Dangers of Externalizing Knowledge | Generation i | Surveillant Society | Choose Two | Frame Wars | The User’s Manifesto | Our Great Sin His personal website is coldewey.cc. → Learn More If you spend a lot of time in a web publishing environment, it pays to be aware of all the little things that make writing and layouts work — and not work. The wrong line height or kerning/font combination can be disastrous to readability. You can, of course, read books on the subject, but a ready reference tool can be had in this Typography Manual app, which looks about as to-the-point as such things can get. It does in fact comprise a short book, along with some handy tools for the printer or publisher
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Reviews
An OK start
type-prof.
Version: 1
Version: 1
This is a good start as a reference tool for graphic design students--but in some cases misses the mark on being comprehensive. Elementary topics such as proof reader's marks, the ability to view type specimens in more than one point size (and in papragraph form), vertical alignmnt rules, and better examples to heirarchy rules are missing. The all too condensed "brief history" should be expanded. There are major milestones that were omitted from the this section. To leave them out, only shortchanges the general public from understanding how typography has evolved to present day.
Cool Beans
laxkid33
Version: 1
Version: 1
Good stuff
Not worth the cash
amirosane
Version: 1
Version: 1
Being a creative director for x many years and so on. This app is beyond useless! it's filled with typographical mistakes (widows, rivers....) and clearly not worth my typing another word.
It Is ABOUT TIME!
fretrunr
Version: 1
Version: 1
Being a Professional Graphic Designer for 30+ years, and a major typographic afficianado, it is nice to see this reference tool available for the iPhone. Now, of course it is not the "Be All/End All" of Typography, but it is a very sweet little reference app. The biggest weakness is that great typographic design is lacking here. I would have LOVED to have seen this app have a Fantastically Beautiful Design and use of Type in this App. Maybe in future updates?! (hint,hint). The Author should look at Design Books by Timothy Samara for Visually Stunning Desgn. When all is said & done, it is about time someone thought about all of us Type Fanatics out here.
Not really useful
slanker
Version: 1
Version: 1
There's really not much useful information in this little application; nothing that could not have been easily incorporated in a 10- or 12-page booklet. The buyer would be better off instead spending a few extra bucks to buy the excellent "Elements of Typographic Style" book.
Good work!
bubbathepi
Version: 1
Version: 1
Great App! Easy to use very helpful
Amazing use of the iPhone as a reference tool.
mfhines
Version: 1
Version: 1
I think until there is a serchable version of ETS and/or TDR on the iPhone this is the app to beat for typographic reference. It's pretty attractive, it navigates well and the reference material is as nice to have at the tools like the Em Calculator and the Paper Sizes chart. Truly a great 1.0 piece of software and I look forward to future updates!
About time
m. smyjewski
Version: 1
Version: 1
Finally something for us type nerds to mess with on our phones. Very usefull great information. Fully recommend.
Brilliant!
Version: 1
Version: 1
Great app, not a replacement for Lupton's "Thinking with Type," but still brilliant, making a type app for the iPhone!
Typography In Your Pocket
Tedblue126
Version: 1
Version: 1
The Typography Manual is a great pocket edition of the original Typographic Desk Reference by Theodore Rosendorf. With an entire 60-page guide on type as well as a complete anatomy glossary, this is a must-have for any designer or type nerd. Along with the e-book, you also get a loath of resources such as a conversion table, em calculator, font size ruler, HTML characters, Mac keyboard characters, blogs and more. For just $5, what are you waiting for?
