Typography Books
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- grafiske
What is the End all of typography books? Something that explains things a very simple manner through images and minimal wording.
Some 100% classy type shit. With this book you need no other.
What is it?
- foreverwhatever0
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- jonnyquest0
The Elements of Typographic Style
http://www.typotheque.com/site/b…
you can probably get it cheaper on amazon but typotheque has cooler pictures
- e_b_c0
The Elements of Typographic Style
you can probably get it cheaper on amazon but typotheque has cooler pictures
jonnyquest
(Jan 12 07, 14:52)wicked classy. heavy on page layout for books.
- iandl0
1. Bringhurst's Elements of Typographic style
2. Type and Typography by Phil BainesBoth of these are nice books, but you should take a type class somewhere to reinforce what is in them and acquire typographic acumen.
- grafiske0
Acumen? Im gonna have to look that up.
Thanks for the suggestions!
- doesnotexist0
The Elements of Typographic Style
you can probably get it cheaper on amazon but typotheque has cooler pictures
jonnyquest
(Jan 12 07, 14:52)great book
- forcetwelve0
josef muller brockmann
1. the graphic designer and his problems
2. grid systemsalso a book called macro + micro aesthetics is great too.
- protoculture0
I second The Elements of Typographic Style.
Also related is this site:
http://www.webtypography.net/Excerpts from the book applied to the web.
- ********0
isn't that macro book about 70 quid or something?