Clip Art and Dynamic Designs for Libraries and Media Centers,9780872876361

Clip Art and Dynamic Designs for Libraries and Media Centers

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ISBN13: 9780872876361
ISBN10: 0872876365
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1988-01-01
Publisher(s): Libraries Unltd Inc
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Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Part 1 GRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
Clip Art & Libraries: What This Book Can Do for You
3(1)
Planning for the Professional Look: Key Decisions
4(2)
Define the Purpose of the Project
4(1)
Decide on the Format
4(1)
How Much Copy Is Necessary?
5(1)
Bringing Ideas Together
5(1)
Printing, Binding, & Folding Requirements
5(1)
Clip It, Trim It, Glue It: Tools for the Designer
6(5)
Paper
6(1)
Rulers
7(1)
T-Squares
7(1)
Triangles
7(1)
X-Acto Knife & Blades
7(1)
Scissors
8(1)
Pencils
8(1)
Erasers
8(1)
Pens & Markers
8(1)
Correction Fluid
8(1)
Masking Tape
9(1)
Rubber Cement & Thinner
9(1)
Glue
9(1)
Burnisher
9(1)
Drawing Board
9(2)
The ABCs of Type: Laying the Foundation
11(2)
Width & Height Variations
11(1)
Serif & Sans Serif Type
12(1)
Points & Picas
12(1)
Picture This: Designing with Type
13(2)
Leading
13(1)
Justified Margins
14(1)
Unjustified Margins
14(1)
Centered Copy
14(1)
Asymmetrical Placement
14(1)
Quick & Dirty: Instant Lettering
15(8)
Materials Required
15(1)
Cut-Out Type
15(2)
Shading & Background Textures
17(1)
Rub-On Type
18(2)
Correcting Mistakes
20(1)
Storage of Sheets
20(1)
Border Boards
20(1)
Border Tapes
21(1)
Lettering Stencils & Templates
22(1)
Vinyl Sign Letters
22(1)
Shaky Hand Syndrome: Freehand Lettering
23(2)
Materials Required
23(1)
Technique
23(1)
Forming Letters
24(1)
Let Me Count the Ways: Layouts
25(4)
Arranging Type & Illustrations
26(1)
Various Ways of Folding a Sheet
27(2)
Over the Rainbow: Using Color Effectively
29(2)
Four-Color Process & Two-Color Printing
29(2)
From the Ground Up: Paper
31(3)
Standard Sizes
31(1)
Weight
31(1)
Opacity
32(1)
Coated (Shiny) Stock
32(1)
Kinds of Paper
32(1)
Texture
32(1)
Finish
33(1)
Colored
33(1)
The Big & the Little of It: Reducing & Enlarging Illustrations
34(2)
Proportion Wheel
34(2)
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Photographs
36(2)
Cropping a Photograph
36(1)
PMTs (Photomechanical Transfers)
36(1)
Line Art
37(1)
What Do You Mean, It's Not Straight? Preparing Mechanicals
38(2)
Gathering the Pieces & Marking Them Up
38(1)
Assembling the Mechanical
39(1)
Recording Instructions & Information
39(1)
You've Got a Friend: Instant & Commercial Printers
40(3)
Working with a Cameraman or Printer
40(1)
Page Proofs & What to Check For
41(1)
Printing Costs & Material Specifications
41(2)
Keeping Your Act Together: Simple Binding Techniques
43(1)
Thank You, Xerox: Using Your Photocopier as a Graphic Tool
44(1)
Hang It Up: Poster Craft
45(4)
Theme Elements
45(1)
Thumbnail Sketches
45(1)
Materials Required
45(1)
Technique
46(3)
Part 2 CLIP ART
Very Simple Projects
49(11)
Books, More Books, & Still More Books
60(9)
Doing it in the Library
69(11)
Holidays & Monthly Potpourri
80(24)
Party Animals
104(14)
People & Books
118(10)
Out in the Open
128(12)
Storybook Characters & Fancy Creatures
140(13)
Pretty Boxes
153(4)
Attention Getting Doo-Dads
157(9)
You Oughta be in Pictures
166(6)
Maps & Grids
172(4)
Headlines
176(5)
Bibliography 181(2)
Glossary 183(6)
Index 189

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