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Slightly off-topic, but can someone recommend a good book about typography? I mean more about the history of typography, less about how to design new fonts.
by aaronetz 13y ago
Slightly off-topic, but can someone recommend a good book about typography? I mean more about the history of typography, less about how to design new fonts.
- mattlutze 13y agoAn excellent read is Bringhurst's "The Elements of Typographic Style"[0], for both history and theory. 0: http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881792063 http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Brin...
- elektronaut 13y agoAnd for the prose as well. My favourite quote: “A man who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep, Frederic Goudy liked to say. If this wisdom needs updating, it is chiefly to add that a woman who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep as well.”
- 1_player 13y agoI really enjoyed this online book, http://practicaltypography.com http://practicaltypography.com, and the typesetting is gorgeous.