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James Felici
James Felici has worked in the publishing industry—in both editorial and production—for more than 30 years. A veteran journalist and former managing editor of Publish magazine, he has set type by hand as well as on systems from IBM, Linotype, Compugraphic, CCI, and Magna. His books include The Complete Manual of Typography (Peachpit Press), The Desktop Style Guide (Bantam/ITC), How to Get Great Type Out of Your Computer (North Light), and contributions to The Macintosh Bible (Peachpit Press). He has written for numerous publications, including PC World, Macworld, and The Seybold Report, and has been a featured speaker at Seybold Seminars, Macworld Expo, and other events worldwide.
The Merits of Uneven Leading
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on November 30, 2011
Just because your page-layout program says your leading is consistent doesn’t necessarily mean it looks that way. Here’s how to spot the problem and how to fix it.
Spacing Out
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on November 2, 2011
Exaggerated spacing between characters may be eye-catching, but controlling it can be a tricky business. Here's how to do it in InDesign and QuarkXPress.
Type Effects: The Ins and Outs of Inlines and Outlines
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on September 29, 2011
Adding rules to normally invisible character outlines can add novel--and historical--effects to your type. Here's how to do it in InDesign, QuarkXPress, and Illustrator.
Marrying Types: All in the Family
Features: Written by James Felici on August 24, 2011
For many designs, the typographic variety afforded by a single typeface family is enough. And maybe more than enough.
The Typographic Style Bible, 75 Years Later
Features: Written by James Felici on July 27, 2011
A look at the 1937 Manual of Style shines a fascinating light on the origins of today's typographic trends and practices.
Kerning: A Master Class
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on June 29, 2011
Five tips from the trenches for the devotee of hand-kerning. Take this advice and you'll have a visually harmonious page that will please the designer's eyes and be easier for the reader to comprehend.
Centering Lines of Type? Don't Trust Page-Layout Software
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on June 2, 2011
A print ad shows that centered lines don’t always look that way. Learn the source of the problem and the fix.
Logos Are Type Too
Features: Written by James Felici on May 4, 2011
Paying attention to the fine points of typography pays big dividends in logo design.
The Joy of Ornaments
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on April 5, 2011
Create your own typographic ornaments and decorative rules to use in many designs.
First Baseline Blues
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on March 21, 2011
Don't let frames dictate your layout. Here's how to make sure you have precise control over the position of your type on the page.
Good Things in Small Packages
Features: Written by James Felici on February 16, 2011
When you're setting type, small capitals have two important roles to play: one graphic and one editorial.
Take Advantage of InDesign's Nesting Instinct
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on January 31, 2011
Using InDesign's nested styles isn’t only time-saving, it’s habit-forming.
Type History: What a Difference a Century Makes
Features: Written by James Felici on January 6, 2011
A guide to advertising types from 1909 casts a light on what makes a classic display face.
Easy as Pi
Features: Written by James Felici on December 6, 2010
Symbol fonts don't just offer hard-to-find characters, they open whole graphic worlds at the tap of a key.
Shifty Behavior
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on November 1, 2010
Raising and lowering individual characters is the job of the baseline shift, an important part of your typographic toolbox with a thousand uses.
The Taming of the Skew
Features: Written by James Felici on October 6, 2010
Backslanting may be considered a form of type abuse, but sometimes a little outrage can be a good thing.
Marrying Types: Five-Part Harmony
Features: Written by James Felici on September 20, 2010
A new magazine strikes a wonderful balance between typography and cartography that's a treat for the eyes.
Dot Dot Dot . . .
How-Tos: Written by James Felici on September 2, 2010
Spellbinding . . . Subtle . . . Mind-Boggling! They're points of ellipsis, and here's how to make them pretty.
Free Fonts Are a Myth
Features: Written by James Felici on August 18, 2010
Fonts are like lunches -- it's hard to find a free one.
10 Typefaces from the '80s
Features: Written by James Felici on August 9, 2010
Some typefaces deserve to be buried by the sands of time, but others undeservedly fall by the wayside. Here are ten from before the age of desktop publishing that merit your consideration.
