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Layout in Advertising by W.

cooper design — Thu, 2 Nov 2006 22:04:37 -0800

Layout in Advertising by W. A. Dwiggins.
In many ways an entirely archaic and impractical text, but a wonderful reminder that the well made thing only results from involved, hands-on artistry. I still find the book’s expressions of quality to be a great source of inspiration.

How come no one ever

jackson — Thu, 2 Nov 2006 19:51:35 -0800

How come no one ever mentions Doyald Young?
I think logotypes and letterforms is a really good book.

here are a few more for you

hlvtca — Thu, 2 Nov 2006 19:15:03 -0800

here are a few more for you to chew on...

1. Designing Type - Karen Cheng
2. The Elements of Typographic Style - Bringhurst
3. My Way to Typography - Wolfgang Weingart

enjoy!

My copy’s a Bringhurst

Solipsism — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 14:09:43 -0700

My copy’s a Bringhurst 3.1, softcover. I also have his 1st and 2nd edition softcovers from when I was a student... aside from adding a chapter or two, he does expand on some of his previous explanations...

Has anyone noticed Bringhurst adopts Wittgenstein’s decimal system for his chapters?

I’d recomend The complete

Christopher Dean — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 12:33:05 -0700

I’d recomend The complete manual of typography. Also an Adobe book, so be aware that there is a definite bias, as is with Stop stealing sheep.

The Mac is not a typewriter is a classic. Simple, and great for the layperson.

A great specimine book is American metal typefaces of the 20th century.

Fontshop makes nice catalogues, and aparently LinoType has one coming out, for something liks $20usd, but from what I know it does not show complete character sets. That makes it more of an ad than a resource.

If you don’t have it, definately get the Bringhurst book, but be sure to get the hard cover. The 2nd edition in perfect bound is a little too thick, though last time I checked only the 1st edition was available in hardcover. It has a nice red ribon for marking your page though. The major difference between 1st and 2nd ed is that in 2nd theres a larger glosary, more specimines, and mebe a small section on something digital. I have 1st in hard, have seen the 2nd, and feel no need to buy it again.

Better still, I get to go hear Bringhurst speak tonight (at NSCAD University) and if its appropiate, I might be able to get him to sign it for me.

I second Daniels & Bright. I

raph — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 14:40:05 -0700

I second Daniels & Bright. I also recommend “The Typographic Book” by Morison and Day, about $100 in a decent used edition. And, to round out the “bigger and badder” theme, I’d go with the 1912 or 1923 ATF specimen book, about $250 but sometimes you can get lucky.

Soooooooooo much too

satya — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:21:54 -0700

Soooooooooo much too choose...and that’s the confusion:)
I’ve made a list of all the books recommonded here...and told my teacher to get them into my school’s library(the only way to get them all).
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If am successfull getting them all in.....I’ll buy HarryPotter;)

>>btw, still thinking for myself.

It’s not strictly

Linda Cunningham — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:42:57 -0700

It’s not strictly typography, but it’s not cheap, so it probably qualifies in the “spend a lot of money” category.

“Universal Principles of Design: 100 ways to enhance usability, influence perception, increase appeal, make better design decisions, and teach through design” by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden and Jill Butler. ISBN 1-59253-007-9

Linda

Manual

mlvr — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:31:08 -0700

Manual Typographique

:-)

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MLVR

So much for helping Satya

Erik Fleischer — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:21:48 -0700

So much for helping Satya choose three books...

Don’t pick up Sandberg’s

dezcom — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 18:01:55 -0700

Don’t pick up Sandberg’s Lincoln though, it (they) weigh too much :-)

ChrisL

I’d say pick up Ezra

Solipsism — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 14:39:54 -0700

I’d say pick up Ezra Pound’s Cantos, James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, and Georges Perec’s A Void.

:-)

There is a newer Rookledge,

ben_archer — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 03:28:32 -0700

There is a newer Rookledge, published by Laurence King in the UK, but mostly with the same content. Although the reference methodology is still great, it doesn’t necessarily help identify digital typefaces, or any font produced after about 1983.

I would recommend Baines and Haslam’s Type and Typography as a general primer.

Neil Macmillan’s An A-Z of Type Designers is also pretty interesting.

Then, of course, there is also The Logo Font and Lettering Bible by Leslie Carbarga which you should at least check out...

Seeing as you’re from

Erik Fleischer — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 08:10:04 -0700

Seeing as you’re from India, and heeding Dan’s sage bit of advice to think bigger and badder, I would suggest an expensive book that is not about typography but about scripts. I believe every typographer should be familiar with the evolution of various different scripts, and this book is invaluable, as well as costly:

The World’s Writing Systems, by Peter Daniels & William Bright
ISBN 0-19-507993-0

Kon, I second that. The Form

v-six — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:25:13 -0700

Kon, I second that. The Form of the Book is a great read.

Top 3 must have books on typography_?

satya — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 13:26:46 -0700

Hello all,

The executive director of my college wants to gift me some books in the return of the graphics work i did for the Admissions session this year. He asked me what kind of books i would like to buy. obviously i will ask for the typography books and I can order any three books of my choice. ( No price restrictions )

Which are the three must have books for a typography student_?

Thnaks!

Satya_