I recommend Bringhurst's Elements of Typographical Style as a crash course in typography. http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp

I recommend Bringhurst's Elements of Typographical Style as a crash course in typography. http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881791326 http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Brin... It contains wonderful guidelines for typesetting and also gives a sense of history and culture behind common fonts. Also useful is this site that outlines how to apply Bringhurst's principles to the web: http://webtypography.net/ http://webtypography.net/