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Robert Bringhurst

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in Los Angeles, California, The United States

October 16, 1946

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Poetry, Nonfiction

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Robert Bringhurst is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He is the author of The Elements of Typographic Style – a reference book of typefaces, glyphs and the visual and geometric arrangement of type. He has also translated works of epic poetry from Haida mythology into English.

He lives on Quadra Island, near Campbell River, British Columbia (approximately 170 km northwest of Vancouver).

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Robert Bringhurst's Books

Average rating: 4.33 · 2,514 ratings · 200 reviews · 28 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Elements of Typographic Style 4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 2,144 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Story as Sharp as a Knife: The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Solid Form of Language: An Essay on Writing and Meaning 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2004	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tree Of Meaning: Thirteen Talks 4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 42 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Everywhere Being Is Dancing: Twenty Pieces of Thinking 3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nine Visits to the Mythworld: Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas by Robert Bringhurst (Translation), Ghandl of the Qayahl Llaanas 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2000	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Poems 4.82 of 5 stars 4.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Being in Being: The Collected Works of Skaay of the Qquuna Qiighawaay 4.64 of 5 stars 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pieces of Map, Pieces of Music 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1986 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems, 1972-1982 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Typography is the craft of endowing human language with a durable visual form.”
― Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style

tags: design, language, typography

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“Literature in the written sense represents the triumph of language over writing: the subversion of writing for purposes that have little or nothing to do with social and economic control.”
― Robert Bringhurst, The Solid Form of Language: An Essay on Writing and Meaning

tags: language, literature, writing

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“If language is lost, humanity is lost. If writing is lost, certain kinds of civilization and society are lost, but many other kinds remain - and there is no reason to think that those alternatives are inferior.”
― Robert Bringhurst, The Solid Form of Language: An Essay on Writing and Meaning

tags: civilization, humanity, language, society, writing

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