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How long does it take to read Typographic Design?

Rob Carter, Ben Day, Philip B. Meggs

Typographic Design by Rob Carter, Ben Day, Philip B. Meggs takes about 6 hours 32 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 6 hours 32 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1985. 356 pages, about 97,900 words.

14 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 10 hours 53 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 6 hours 32 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 4 hours 5 minutes

The page count is the median across 16 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

"Fully revised and updated to reflect new technological developments and emerging design trends, Typographic Design. Form and Communication, Third Edition offers detailed coverage of such essential topics as the anatomy of letters and type families, visual communications and design esthetics, and designing for legibility. More than 600 full-color, halftone, and line images clarify typographic fundamentals and convey a keen understanding of designing with type."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects: Graphic design (Typography), Type Typefaces Typography, Style manuals, Printing, Graphic arts, Arts graphiques

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