Typography


The Elements of Typographic Style
Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography
The Anatomy of Type
The New Typography
Detail in Typography
An Essay on Typography
The Complete Manual of Typography: A Guide to Setting Perfect Type
Typographie: A Manual on Design
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks
Type Matters!
Typography Sketchbooks
Designing Type
Lettering with Purpose by Brittany LuizThe Complete Book of Chalk Lettering by Valerie McKeehanThe Art of Whimsical Lettering by Joanne SharpeModern Calligraphy by Molly Suber ThorpeMastering Modern Calligraphy by Molly Suber Thorpe
Hand Lettering and Calligraphy
42 books — 8 voters
Shout by Laurie Halse AndersonGingerbread by Helen OyeyemiThe River by Peter HellerThe Stationery Shop by Marjan KamaliThe Immortalists by Chloe  Benjamin
That New Trend In Book Covers
53 books — 15 voters

The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan FletcherThinking with Type by Ellen LuptonThings I Have Learned In My Life So Far by Stefan SagmeisterThoughts on Design by Paul RandGraphic Design Rules by Sean Adams
Graphic Design
116 books — 27 voters
Just My Type by Simon GarfieldThe Elements of Typographic Style by Robert BringhurstThinking with Type by Ellen LuptonThe Form of the Book by Jan TschicholdGraphic Icons by John   Clifford
Typographic Classics
14 books — 8 voters

The STREAM TONE by T. GillingFour Hour Chef by Timothy FerrissMath Geek by Raphael RosenReinventing Dell by Heather SimmonsStartup Communities by Brad Feld
Books for web geeks
43 books — 7 voters

Robert Bringhurst
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 .
Robert Bringhurst

Abhijit Naskar
Anatomy of Typos (Sonnet) It took me a 100 books to realize this, typos are not a stain upon literature, typos are ornament of literature, sweet reminders of human endeavor. It's great to have literature without typos, like it's great to have a life without regrets. But in actuality, only the dead have no regrets, only the uncreative make no typographical mistakes. There are typos that are grievous, hence, need correcting, but most typos are harmless. Repulsed by typos means repulsed by liter ...more
Abhijit Naskar, The God Sonnets: Naskar Art of Theology

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