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Very disappointing -- few font included.
The layout of the book was nice. But only a few fonts were included on the CD. IMHO, only one font in the whole collection was even worth loading the disc.

I regretted my purchase of this product.

Is that it..?
Interesting book, lots of ideas in the pages, but it's organized by designer rather than by topic or anything user friendly like that. On the positive side, the sample text for each font is easy to look through. The book is pleasant to look at and nice to hold.

The CD is ok, there's quite a few fonts on there, but some are pretty similar to stuff that I already have through Photoshop and Office.

It's a good book, it's just not THAT good.

Great Sequel
Greta follow-up to Indie Fonts 2 - the CD with free fonts alone is worth the rest of the cost! ... Read more

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FREE FONT INDEX 2contains over 500 fonts from type foundries around the world. A number of the fonts in the book include special character sets such as Central/Eastern European, Cyrillic and Greek. In addition to comprehensive letter proofs of all fonts, the book includes interviews with renowned typeface designers like Donald Beekman, Ray Larabie, and Jakob Fischer (a.k.a. pizza dude). All fonts contained in the book are included on the accompanying CD, can be used on both Mac and PCs, and are licensed for personal and commercial use. ... Read more

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In almost every parish in North America, the people who come seeking membership in the Catholic Church are more likely to be baptized than unbaptized, yet most of the material published for Christian initiation focuses primarily on the unbaptized. This book is different. Ron Oakham has invited pastoral ministers and scholars to present historical and theological foundations for ministry to the baptized candidate. In light of these foundations, of the practice of parishes throughout North America, and of his discussions with many other initiation ministers, Oakham proposes a comprehensive, pastoral plan for adapting the principles of initiation for the baptized candidate. One at the Table offers an invaluable critique and vision of the way we bring baptized Christians into the full communion of the Catholic Church. Published by Liturgy Training Publications. ... Read more

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Offbeat, eye-catching typefaces add a sharp, contemporary look to display ads, posters, signs, menus, and other graphic projects. Fonts include the jagged-edged style of Ransom Note, playful Kidprint and Fingerpaint, angular Desert Rat, whimsical Crazy Eights, and dozens more: Ninja, Hardscrabble, Everglades, Double Take, Bushman, Bramble, and Aspodistra.
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Four Pillars and Oriental Medicine reveals for the first time the closely guarded secret of the connection between one’s birthday and health. The Four Pillars or birth chart, which consists of the energetic influences of the Hour, Day, Month and Year of birth, contains an ancient esoteric code that provides the foundation for determining the constitutional health condition and how that condition is influenced throughout a lifetime. This book contains theories and techniques about one of the most closely guarded healing branches of Oriental Medicine. ... Read more

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Four Pillars and Oriental Medicine
Very good, the techniques in this book is usefull and complement the Four Pillars analysis.

Useful for practitioners and astrologers alike
I have found this book very informative and from an angle
with Chinese Astrology that I have not seen in many translated
texts to English.
It does lack some clarity of explanation on a few points,
for example how the author derives the percentages of weaknesses
of the organ network, though with a little ingenuity and imagination
it is easy to compare this numerical figuring system to that of
traditional modern diagnosis as well as other aspects of
Chnese astrology to see if the figures are correct or not.
I think this is a valuable book and well worth a read and
for use as a reference guide in any TCM clinic.

a necessity
Everyone should have their charts done (and make sure you know the "real" time you were born, which is based on the longitude.Ex., 10:00 A.M. eastern standard time is about 9:40 A.M. at 80 degrees longitude).It is too important to not do it.David's palmistry book is good to pick up, and face reading books are a must.The four pillars is the absolute must, though.Buy a copy of the I Ching, and get your chart done, in that order, to start.Life begins with the study of the I Ching and your chart.

This is a decent book on the subject, and one's study of Chinese medicine and related stuff will deepen your ability to use what it teaches. ... Read more

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The photographs selected for this volume were personally taken by the author, and others are used by permission. There is very little available to English readers on the subject of early and medieval baptisteries and fonts. In some instances, archaeologists were interviewed who excavated and restored the sites. After completing research at the Bibliotecha Apostolica Vaticana in Rome and at the American Academy Library in Rome, the author planned the itinerary for visiting the sites. Listed in alphabetical order by city, the largest number of early baptismal basins is found in Italy with a sampling from other countries.The mysterious basin in the floor of Saint Peter's basilica in Rome and the first century pool near San Eustorgio in Milan, are notable examples that have not been described in English sources.Library of Congress Control Number: 2009902050 ... Read more

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Treasury of eye-catching typefaces with casual or country air. Annie Oakley, Hedge Row, Stuntman, Ticonderoga Bold, numerous others. All include complete upper-case alphabet, many with lower-case fonts, numerals and punctuation marks as well. Ideal for graphic projects requiring interesting or unusual lettering.
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Magnificent display fonts. Hands down the best in the series
I was in a bookstore in Toronto and stumbled across the different Doverfont books and was instantly in love with all of them.Wisely, mysignificant other gave me a limit of ONE book to buy."Fine," Isaid as I began poking through the books.It didn't take me long torealize which one of the books was superior.With stunning creativity andoriginality, this collection caught my eye and had me digging in my wallet. If only I would have known about Amazon.com then, I might have saved me aloon or two. ... Read more

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An essay on the value of the sacraments. Baptism and the Lord's Supper are means of grace, representing spiritual realities by whose observance the Church and its members celebrate the life they are given in Christ. Upon this belief Professor Arndt examines the meaning of "sacramental theology" particularly in its relation to the whole of the Gospel of Christ. He believes that the "Font" and "Table" are symbolic events representing God's renewing action, and through them this "Community of faith and people of God becomes concrete in historical actuality". He does not claim that this essay provides a complete sacramental theology. He is primarily concerned with securing a perspective of sacramental practice in the hope of assisting in a "reconstruction of sacramental teaching, a more responsible ordering of practice and a more understanding participation in the sacraments of the gospel." ... Read more

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Comment fonctionne l’érotisme masculin ? Qu’est-ce qui suscite le désir, l’excitation ou la passion chez les hommes ? Comment construisent-ils leurs fantasmes ? De quelle façon choisissent-ils leurs partenaires ? Pourquoi sont-ils fidèles ou volages ? Une enquête inédite, témoignages à l’appui. ... Read more

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Computers have changed typography and prepress as well as printing. Typefaces are manufactured by "digital punch cutters" with a PC, not any more by punch cutters. Typefaces are constructed an output by a new technolgy, the so-called fonttechnology. The book by Peter Karow covers the whole area of it. It offers various chapters about (among others) issues like intelligent font scaling, kerning, quality of type, legibility, and problems of different output devices. It is interesting to read about Gutenberg setting, the font market, optical scaling, and last but not least a "hand on" Kanjhi, the Chinese/Japanese Glyphs. Furthermore, Fonttechnology contains a number of valuable and instructive appendices. Almost everything one has to know about type and computers! ... Read more

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Fonts. They seem to have a life of their own. And they can cause no end of heartache to the harried desktop or webtop publisher. Perfectly lovely documents on screen can suddenly transmogrify into a perfect nightmare when printed. So how can you control these willful beasts? Get a copy of this book and end your power struggle with fonts forever.

How To Boss Your Fonts Around has been completely revised and updated for the Second Edition. It's a must-have primer on font technology and font management for anyone who works on a Macintosh. It's updated for Mac OS 8, and includes all new coverage of how to work with and manage fonts for the Web. You'll learn to identify and work with all the different kinds of fonts available, from PostScript to TrueType to Type 1, bitmapped to screen, outline to printer, resident to downloadable and more. There's coverage of Adobe Type Manager, ATM Deluxe, Suitcase, Master Juggler, Font Reserve, new font management tools and utilities, installing fonts, and solving font conflicts. A detailed reference section answers common questions and problems, tells you how to acquire fonts, and offers an amazingly detailed glossary. This is the essential troubleshooting guide to taking control of fonts and learning to use them efficiently and effectively.Amazon.com Review
Fonts can make or break a layout, and good designers know it. Knowing what a bitmapped font is might not seem like a big deal...until you go to print it. The author, Robin Williams, explains how a font that is bitmapped will have very different results on a printer than one that is not. How to Boss Your Fonts Around will also show you the merits of investing your time in organizing your fonts through a font manager.

In a day when there are now "Beat Generation" fonts for the Mac, good font use and management is essential. Williams, Mac expert and the author of bestsellers such as The Non-Designer's Design Book and The Little Mac Book, goes into great detail on the origin and creation of great fonts. Did you ever wonder why so many fonts are named after big cities (such as New York and Geneva)? Turns out, they're all in the same font family, and knowing the characteristics of that grouping will enhance how you use them. Williams provides a full glossary of terms, and the book is rich with visual examples. She treats fonts as the tools they are, showing the reader all the necessary care and maintenance to allow for great design and for the text to shine through. --Jennifer Buckendorff ... Read more

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Mac-Oriented Book
Although the Amazon editorial review calls Williams a Mac expert, it doesn't make clear that this book is pretty exclusively Mac-oriented.Some of it will be useful to Windows users, but there are surely other, similar font books on the market more useful for Windows users.If I had realized this before I started making notes in the margins, I would have returned it.

Everything you wanted to know about fonts...
As a typesetter in a large corporation I found this book very helpful when I recently had to organize our fonts on 12 computers. It clearly explains the difference in the various types of fonts and how to use them properly. It also covers in detail all the different type management software (ATM, Suitcase, etc.). After speaking with several designers, it appears that fonts can be the single biggest nightmare and this book would be an asset to any designers library.

Not so good...
I bought Robin's book aobut 2 weeks ago and I have read it over and over.I found that the book was not helpful in getting my fonts organised.I am left with fundamental questions unanswered and a lot of frustration.I am still looking for a book that will show me how to sort my fonts what to keep what to throw and how to do it.This book has some good back ground informationon the benefits of ATM, and the history but what about open fonts, and master fonts? It's dated and not helpful.

Probably the best writer on typography around.
Except for her mild endorsement of grunge (why have we spent hundreds of years designing typefaces that are both readable and beautiful only to have a generation of" designers" design deconstructed faces that arelikely to be used only once in a lifetime), Robin Williams is probably themost articulate and literate writer on typography around, digital ortraditional. She is sensitive to those qualities that have somehow beenlost on those who have been brought up facing a monitor rather than a typebook, type case or drawing board. Too many people in business have been ledto believe, and accept the idea, that a typist is automatically atypographer/designer. Every designer who has grown up on the computershould have all of her books at their side, along with Strunk & White,Fowler's Modern English Usage, Roget's Thesaurus and a good dictionary.

Excellent design and crash avoidance techniques
"He who dies with the most fonts wins," is a fact of life for a lot of desktop designers for print and the web. However, having tons of fonts of every weight, format and variety gobbles up lots of system memory, and corrupted or conflicting fonts cause crashes. This book tells all on how to get your collection under control, and keep your fonts organized, in good shape, and zipped in place for when you need them. This book is also well written, and will keep you alert and interested, which is most refreshing because I've found many how-to design/computer management books must be read with toothpicks propping up your eyes. It's also just the right length, concise and everything is clearly, not condecendingly, explained. It's a must read for any Mac designer, from the newest newbie to the most advanced. ... Read more

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This book offers the unique benefit of installing directly into Microsoft Word - you can type in real-time using the functionality of Word. It provides an option to choose whether you want to type in print, precursive or cursive font type. This is the only handwriting font that has the option of adding tramlines around text, or blank tramlines for handwriting practice. It allows you to convert existing Microsoft Word files into any Nelson Handwriting font type. It provides opportunities to practise handwriting skills with the whole class using an Interactive Whiteboard. ... Read more