Elements of Design and Typography

Author: BD Mendiratta
Publisher: Asian Books Private Limited, New Delhi
(Pp 228, ISBN 978-81-8412-194-0, Rs 250)

A lot of technological changes have taken place in the printing industry. The introduction of computers has changed the scenario of typesetting in printing presses. Desktop publishing has made things easy. Keeping these changes in mind, this is a revised edition of BD Mendiratta’s popular book ‘Composing & Typography Today.’

The author BD Mendiratta is a well-known and reverend name in the printing industry. After serving in different organizations in responsible capacities for several years, he worked as Principal in Delhi Govt Polytechnics at Arybhat Polytechnic, GB Pant Polytechnic and Pusa Polytechnic.

The book is a must for all students of diploma, undergraduate and post-graduate programmes of printing technology and book publishing.

–Varsha Verma