Design fundamentals books
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- Jacque0
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
- rascuache0
- I use this book to elevate my laptop. the spine is faded from facing so many windowsalbums
- currently reading thistymeframe
- Haha can you even fucking read this book? You must be a severely boring cunt.d_rek
- never readohhhhhsnap
- This was groundbreaking when it came out, but nowadays it is a bit dated / too basicpressplay
- toodee0
Nice, good shouts.
- ohhhhhsnap0
- he's got a museum in the city. good stuff. (ET)ohhhhhsnap
- Maaku0
- any good?ohhhhhsnap
- Motherfucker I am posting this shit right here, of course!Maaku
- It's good for fundamentals, should probably read it again. (Did back in college)Maaku
- pressplay0
These two cover about everything you need to know about typography / typesetting. They will last throughout your career without getting old. Plus they avoid any dogmatism and always encourage you to think about context and what works best in a given situation.
Don’t know if there are english versions out there, though...
The works of Tufte are highly recommended, too. Besides, how do you spell his name correctly. Is it Tuf-tee or Tuft?
- MrAbominable0
^ Tufte. Pronounced Tuf-tee.
- thanks (and I meant »pronounce« of course, not »spell«)pressplay
- d_rek0
Nobody reads design books we just look at the pictures.
But if you're bound and determined to read a design book then you should absolutely have Elements of Typographic Style in your library. It's probably one of the only design books i've read cover to cover because it's an absolutely bounty of useful, practical information for typography.
- ohhhhhsnap0
d_rek, i agree w/ you, but i do think that the tufte books are a great read (though tuff to absorb at times)
- antimotion0
Not fundamental, but pretty dope story from waaaay back in the day - written in 1884!