petit manuel

Le Livre en lettres deals specifically with typography, because although computers provide a wide range of typographic tools, few users have true mastery of them. Typography, like any other technique, requires an apprenticeship. This book features three thematic workshops and 12 exercises (with answers) to teach you how to recognise and use typefaces. The exercises cover the ideas discussed in each chapter, and tips are provided to raise readers' awareness of the infinite possibilities that typography offers.

Following on from Le Livre and Le Livre en lettres, this third title in the “Petit Manuel” series focuses on book layout. Books are too often considered solely in terms of their content; yet the reader-book relationship goes much further. Handling, feeling and examining a book all appeal to our senses, and so choosing a book's formal characteristics is of extreme importance. Through the practical workshops provided here, readers can address the many issues raised by layout design and thus gain fresh insights into books.

Le Livre , published as part of the Année du Livre dans l’Ecole (Year of the Book in School) programme in France, aims to make books more accessible and familiar by promoting a better understanding of their material components: cover, format, paper, typefaces, illustrations, etc.