Mark Batty Publisher is an independent book publishing company specializing in illustrated books on the art of communication: photography

Photography

Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...

, art

Art

Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....

 and design

Design

Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...

, graffiti

Graffiti

Graffiti is the name for images or lettering scratched, scrawled, painted or marked in any manner on property....

 and urban art

Urban art

Urban art is a style of art that relates to cities and city life often done by artists who live in or have a passion for city life...

; pop culture, typography

Typography

Typography is the art and technique of arranging type in order to make language visible. The arrangement of type involves the selection of typefaces, point size, line length, leading , adjusting the spaces between groups of letters and adjusting the space between pairs of letters...

 and other related topics. MBP was founded in 2003 by Mark Batty, former President of Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI

ATypI

The ATypI or the Association Typographique Internationale is an international non-profit organisation dedicated to typography.-The organisation:...

), former CEO of International Typeface Corporation

International Typeface Corporation

The International Typeface Corporation was a type manufacturer founded in New York in 1970 by Aaron Burns, Herb Lubalin, and Edward Rondthaler. The company was one of the world's first type foundries to have no history in the production of metal type...

 (ITC) Fonts and former editor of ITC Font's Upper & Lower Case Magazine (U&lc). The company is based in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

and publishes approximately 3 new titles a month, growing from 2005's 12 released titles in total, with a back title list of about 100.

Imprints and divisions

Mark Batty Publisher's sole imprint is Mark Batty Publisher Academic (MBPA), with the purpose to produce niche titles about design and typography. The most recent title is the second in a series of Typography Monographs, called Size-specific adjustments to type designs which discusses how type designs vary depending on point size.

External links

Official website

"The Kindle Can't Scare Me" article by Mark Batty on Forbes.com

Microsoft Typography News. "Batty throws in with Thames." May 16, 2007.

MBP Mission, Mark Batty Publisher web