title: American Typeplay (LIBRARY OF APPLIED DESIGN)
author:  Steven Heller 
description: Steven Heller teaches design history in the MFA program at the School of Visual Arts.
zlib_text: ![Book Cover](images/cover-image.png)
  
  # Imprint
  
  Published 2020 by Smashing Media AG, Freiburg, Germany.  
  All rights reserved.  
  ISBN (ePUB): 978-3-945749-91-3
  
  Cover design and interior illustrations: Rob Draper  
  Copyediting: Owen Gregory  
  eBook production: Cosima Mielke
  
   _TypeScript in 50 Lessons_ was written by Stefan Baumgartner and reviewed by
  Shawn Wang.
  
  Please send errors to errata@smashingmagazine.com.
  
  ## Table of Contents
  
  [Imprint](chapter-1.xhtml)
  
  [Acknowledgements](chapter-3.xhtml)
  
  [Foreword](chapter-4.xhtml)
  
  [Introduction](chapter-5.xhtml)
  
  [1\. TypeScript for Smashing People](chapter-6.xhtml)
  
  [2\. Working with Types](chapter-9.xhtml)
  
  [3\. Functions](chapter-12.xhtml)
  
  [4\. Union and Intersection Types](chapter-15.xhtml)
  
  [5\. Generics](chapter-18.xhtml)
  
  [6\. Conditional Types](chapter-21.xhtml)
  
  [7\. Thinking in Types](chapter-24.xhtml)
  
  [About the Author](chapter-27.xhtml)
  
  
  _To Doris, Clemens, and Aaron_
  
  
  # Acknowledgements
  
  This book would not exist if it