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 New Typography
Detail in Typography
The Anatomy of Type
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
Dune by Frank HerbertShadow by Mere JoyceFresh by Margot WoodWinter Road by Kristin ButcherInfinite Country by Patricia Engel
Vertical Typography
53 books — 3 voters
Thinking with Type by Ellen LuptonArt Chantry Speaks by Art ChantryO Mecotipo - Método de Ensino de Desenho Coletivo de Caracter... by BuggyThe ABC of Custom Lettering by Ivan CastroLogo-a-gogo by Rian Hughes
Type Design
6 books — 2 voters

Конструктивизм by Aleksei GanBetween Worlds by Timothy O. BensonConstructivism by Aleksei GanCentral European Avant-Gardes by Timothy O. BensonThe Realistic Manifesto by Naum Gabo
Constructivism Reading List
37 books — 2 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsLiberators by Alex LetnerTHE YOGA WITH NO PANTS by Alex LetnerThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Illuminated Novels
47 books — 33 voters


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

Robert Bringhurst
Type designers are, at their best, the Stradivarii of literature: not merely makers of salable products, but artists who design and make the instruments that other artists use.
Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style

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