The Language of Graphic Design Richard Poulin

Revised edition published 2018

Paperback edition published 2012

First published in 2011 by Rockport Publishers, an imprint of The Quarto Group,

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Digital edition: 978-1-63159-618-6
Softcover edition: 978-1-63159-617-9

Digital edition published in 2018

Originally found under the following Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Poulin, Richard

The language of graphic design : an illustrated handbook for understanding fundaemental design principles / Richard Poulin.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

IBSN 13: 978-1-59253-676-4

ISBN 10: 1-59253-676-X

1. Graphic arts. 2. Design. I Title.

NC997.P63 2011

741.6--dc22

2010049318

CIP

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