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Typography is a complicated field requiring some knowledge of technical, artistic, and psychological material. I wouldn't expect a typographer to be able to com
by asolove 17y ago
Typography is a complicated field requiring some knowledge of technical, artistic, and psychological material. I wouldn't expect a typographer to be able to come to HN and understand the technical meaning of "functional" in "functional programming" or "idempotent" in a discussion of REST, nor would I expect a programmer to understand the technical language of typography.
If you'd like to learn more, some excellent books are:
- The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
- Detail in Typography by Jost Hochuli
- The Stroke by Gerrit Noordzij
- sunkencity 17y agoI've read a couple of books on typography/design but none of them have been deep at all, just very basic on what different kinds of type styles are good at. I've got "Designing With Type" and it's very basic http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/home.php http://www.designingwithtype.com/5/home.php I've been wanting deeper material. Thanks a lot for the book tips they look like very promising -- added them to my tobuy list.