This book offers students, novice designers and battle-toughened professionals alike an insider s guide to the complexities of current graphic design practice and thinking. Set out in A-Z style and written in a realistic, conversational and insightful way, the book provides advice on the fundamental topics and issues that face designers in their daily lives, looking at everything from kerning to presenting; from budgeting to dealing with rejection; from annual reports to interface design. Graphic Design: A User's Manual contains all you need to know to survive and prosper in the complex, ever-shifting world of graphic design.