The Designer's Desktop Manual, Second Edition is still a top-notch exploration of the essential aspects of key areas of print and screen based design-type and typography?now updated and revised to reflect changes in Adobe CS5. It offers insight into current technological issues and the skills needed to bring design to a professional standard, addressing imaging, layout, and printing?from the most basic, introductory techniques and principles, to more advanced practices. Historical background on key topics is offered, putting the techniques into context with the evolution of design.
