University of Toronto Press has reissued Carl Dair's classic book Design With Type.

Discussing type as a design material as well as a means of communication, Dair argues that if type is understood in terms of design, the user of type will be better able to work with it to achieve maximum clarity and aesthetic pleasure.

He guides the reader through a study of typography that starts with the examination of an individual letter and proceeds with words, lines, and masses of text.

Dair details the main design elements of type-size, weight, structure, form, colour, direction, and texture-and illustrates the applications of typography in books, advertising, magazines, and other printed forms.

The various schools of typography are discussed and the book includes over 150 examples of imaginative typography from around the world.