Typography


The Elements of Typographic Style
Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students
Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography
The Anatomy of Type
The New Typography
Detail in Typography
An Essay on Typography
The Complete Manual of Typography: A Guide to Setting Perfect Type
Typographie: A Manual on Design
Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks
Type Matters!
Typography Sketchbooks
Designing Type
Show Me, Don't Tell Me by Dave HolstonTypography for the People by Daniel BellonEditorial Design Third Edition by Cath  CaldwellCultivating Creativity by Maria FabrizioThe Designer's Web Handbook by Patrick McNeil
Like a Designer bundle
34 books — 3 voters
Homebodies by Tembe Denton-HurstBlack Swans by Eve BabitzTrick Mirror by Jia TolentinoGlittering a Turd by Kris HallengaHey You Assholes by Kyle Seibel
Serif Text-Based Covers
136 books — 4 voters

The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsThe Four Books of Architecture by Andrea PalladioGraphic Design by Ellen LuptonNeon Spectacular by Kody ShaferA Pattern Language by Christopher W. Alexander
Design Library
35 books — 4 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsLiberators by Alex LetnerTHE YOGA WITH NO PANTS by Alex LetnerThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
Illuminated Novels
47 books — 33 voters

Just My Type by Simon GarfieldThe Elements of Typographic Style by Robert BringhurstThinking with Type by Ellen LuptonThe Form of the Book by Jan TschicholdGraphic Icons by John   Clifford
Typographic Classics
14 books — 8 voters
Graphic Icons by John   CliffordThoughts on Design by Paul RandAbout Two Squares and More About Two Squares by El LissitzkyThe Design of Dissent by Milton GlaserGeorge Lois by George Lois
Graphic Design History
61 books — 13 voters

Stanley Morison
For a new fount to be successful it has to be so good that only very few recognize its novelty.
Stanley Morison

Douglas R. Hofstadter
I am a lifelong lover of form–content interplay, and this book is no exception. As with several of my previous books, I have had the chance to typeset it down to the finest level of detail, and my quest for visual elegance on each page has had countless repercussions on how I phrase my ideas. To some this may sound like the tail wagging the dog, but I think that attention to form improves anyone’s writing. I hope that reading this book not only is stimulating intellectually but also is a pleasan ...more
Douglas Hofstadter

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