Design School - Layout ─ A Practical Guide for Students and Designers

Design School: Layout is an instructive guide for students, recent graduates, and self-taught designers. It provides a comprehensive introduction to creating and changing layouts: a crucially important skill that underpins practically every aspect of graphic design.

You'll get in-depth analysis of all the major areas of theory and practice used by experienced professional designers. Each section is interspersed with tests designed to help you retain the information you've covered in the preceding spreads, plus included support files in popular design software formats let you test yourself with real world scenarios.

This in-depth guide avoids the temptation to stray into other areas of design technique, preferring to cover the essential skills of the professional typographer in the detail required to arm you with the knowledge needed for a successful start to your chosen career.