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Mariuccia Teroni
Manuale di grafica e stampa
Apogeo Editore, Milano

Composition and page layout, pre-printing and printing are the milestones that mark the development of graphic projects, every one of which has its own techniques and procedures to apply. What this means is that graphic designers have to be familiar with the rules, decisions, methods and solutions in question and know how to put them into practice to achieve publication designs and products of quality.
This volume, whose title translates as “A Manual of Graphic Design and Printing”, combines the theories and methodologies of graphic design and printing and is conceived as a complete handbook, capable of providing designers with the basics they need to go about managing a graphic product or a publication in the right way.
The book’s structure goes over the detail of how to develop a design, from the first idea to the finished product, starting with a series of historical accounts that describe how the techniques and tools have evolved over the years.
The chapters are designed to tackle such questions as the technical time frames necessary for papers and printing, the phases involved in developing a publication project, the use of typefaces and text, the rules of page layout, how to manage images, the profiles of colours, the different types of papers, printing processes and final packaging.
The author introduces her readers to the essential stages that feature in every publication project, providing knowledge and tools to getting the process right from the very start and outlining the steps to be taken to make sure that the job develops correctly at every stage.
Welcome features in this volume are the accurate use it makes of the right terminology and the way it makes searching for individual terms and topics easy with an analytical index in appendix. Moreover, the explanations come complete with example tables and explanatory images that illustrate effective solutions and elements worth paying attention to.
In conclusion, this Manuale di grafica e stampa is a useful guide to graphic design and publishing for anyone who wants to start out on the career of graphic designer or who wants to build on existing knowledge about specific topics and further hone their skills, but also for professionals looking for a fast and easy reference book.

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