This guide gives designer's a wealth of practical design at their fingertips with solutions for everything from design basics, to new systems for combining colours, to an in depth examination of creative and practical applications of type. It includes Jim Krause's best-selling guides: «Color Index 2» — It contains hundreds of new colour combinations, each with an accurate formula for print and web use; «Type Idea Index» — Expand your knowledge of type and brainstorm new ideas for designing letters and words. It includes over 650 custom-created examples of typography; and, «Designs Basics Index» — This is the comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of design. It helps to discover visual and conceptual theories, samples and exercises.