I suck at typography
I suck at typography
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I'd strongly strongly recommend getting 2 books by Willi Kunz; the first being Typography: Micro and Macroaesthetics. I forget the name of the other.
Brinhurst is a must for any serious typographer. These books however give you some groundwork for fundamental exercizes in scale/contrast/spacing, etc. Search for his name if you can't find them on amazon. weorkforthem.com probably has at least one of the2.
The read more, read more, practive, and train your eye. Be a fascist for detail. It all happens there.
focus on fundamentals before exploring--you need to know the basics:
"rules are good; break them"