Acknowledgments.

1: Ancient Writing Systems.

2: Lettering During the Roman Empire and Middle Ages.

3: Renaissance Typography and Printing.

4: Typography During Colonization and Industrialization.

5: Early Twentieth-Century Typography.

6: Technology Changes the Designer’s Role.

7: Contemporary Typography and Digital Technology.

8: Character Characteristics.

9: Type Identification and Classification.

10: Setting Text Type.

11: Selecting and Combining Fonts Creatively.

12: Organizing Typographic Compositions.

Appendix A: Font sample charts.

Appendix B: Key concepts.

Appendix C: Key players.

Credits.

Bibliography.

Index.