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- Blueman
I just bought two books about type.
1. Stop Stealing Sheep by Erik Spiekermann
2. The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst.Man I didn't realize that there was so much to learn about type. and these are only two books out of hundreds. Man ohh man i have a lot of reading to do.
Have a great long weekend everyone
- ********0
Another Portsmouth Uni graduate!
- Blueman0
what? man i'm just getting cought up on this shit.
- ********0
...dont mind me.
Good shit to get in to ;) It funny how no one has had anything interesting to say since these..
- Bio0
ive not read either, but i have heard good things about both of those books.
if you say they are worth it, then i might have to order them. it is time for me to order some new ones.
- ********0
I've been trying to find these at a store near me for a while now. No luck yet.
- Blueman0
I got them off of amazon. I love shopping there. I will let you know how the books are once i read throught them.. but from what i can see one of them .. the sheep one is more of an intro and the other one goes into more detail about type
- Gorbie0
Elements is more of a reference book. It is not an easy read. Skim through most of it, and pay attention to the basics.
It becomes very usefull when setting large amounts of text.
- gravityroom0
Hey Blueman!
Glad to see you hooked up with two of the greatest!
Sheep is a great place to start. I love the Bringhurst also, but its more of a guide to type in layout situations like books or magazines where you're dealing with a lot of copy to make readable.
The one other thing I would suggest is that you pick up one or two of the TDC annuals. The new one is a little of a let down, but Typography 21 and Typography 22 are both fantastic.
If you're really into type - those are great sources to see what you're reading about in use and what people are doing these days.
Good choices though!
- gravityroom0
I wouldn't listen to moth... not sure what's up with his potshot.
"funny how no one has had anything interesting to say since these.."
Don't you mean before these? Elements came out in 92 and Sheep in 93... They are fairly new in proportion to the thousands of years of typography practice. I would not call either one of these books old though. And there have been books since that may beat these in terms of content and theory. But Blueman has picked a great place to start.
- gravityroom0
Oeuf -
I found my latest copy of Sheep at the used bookstore for $3. I don't think Elements was that expensive either, but I did buy that one new. I see it at just about every bookstore I go to. Its one of the most common type books people actually carry.
Like Blueman indicated - they are both availible on Amazon as well.
- cinder0
and read http://www.typophile.com
- unknown0
thats cheap - sheep here in the office has the price tag £22.99 on the back - adobe!
- gravityroom0
Yeah - typophile and typocraphi.ca are good free sources on the web, but they come with a kind of an arrogant vibe.
As for beginning theory and practice - Blueman has made the right move.
- Blueman0
Thanks gravityroom.. I believe it was you that recomanded both of them to me :-)
- Duane0
i need to pick those up as well!
- sauerbraten0
way to go blue.
yes. it's nearly, almost, probably, mostly one of the important parts of design.
sheep is kinda elementary, but good start. haven't read elements, but need to. reading The New Typography by Jan Tschichold, it's dry but a great book.
- Mimio0
Somebodies first day of class. We had the same books assigned to us.