CHAPTER 1. ANCIENT WRITING SYSTEMS.
CHAPTER 2. LETTERING DURING THE ROMAN EMPIRE AND MIDDLE AGES.
CHAPTER 3. RENAISSANCE TYPOGRAPHY AND PRINTING.
CHAPTER 4. TYPOGRAPHY DURING COLONIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION.
CHAPTER 5. EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY TYPOGRAPHY.
CHAPTER 6. TECHNOLOGY CHANGES THE DESIGNER'S ROLE.
CHAPTER 7. CONTEMPORARY TYPOGRAPHY AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY.
CHAPTER 8. CHARACTER CHARACTERISTICS.
CHAPTER 9. TYPE IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION.
CHAPTER 10. SETTING TEXT TYPE.
CHAPTER 11. SELECTING AND COMBINING FONTS CREATIVELY.
CHAPTER 12. ORGANIZING TYPOGRAPHIC COMPOSITIONS.
APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY.
APPENDIX B: FONT SAMPLES.
APPENDIX C: TYPE FOUNDRIES, DESIGNERS AND DISTRIBUTORS.