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This quick and easy reference is a great how-to manual for graphic designers who want to improve their type design and communicate more effectively with the types they select.

Graphic designers who find themselves in a "typographic emergency" can find tools and reference sheets for a number of areas of typography technology including:

The E-Gauge - a clear plastic gauge which enables the designer to measure accurately points, pics ems, rule weights and point sizes of type

Laminated copy-fitting charts which are used for estimating whether the copy provided for the job will fit the space allocated

International depth scale used for measuring the line spacing for body copy or text which is an essential tool for any designer seeking fine design control

Type specimen sheets or hard-copy examples of text in a variety of sizes and line spacings in Helvetica and Times typefaces

Directory of type resources for the web, including digital fonts and a software guide

Jill Yelland studied graphic design at the Western Australian Institute of Technology and specialized in typography at the Basel School of Design post graduate program with Wolfgang Weingart and Armin Hofmann, international authorities on typography. She has worked as a designer in Europe and Australia and has lectured in typography throughout Australia. She lives in Western Australia.