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
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsThe Raw Shark Texts by Steven  HallThe Unfortunates by B.S. JohnsonIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Ergodic Literature
66 books — 79 voters
In Progress by Jessica HischeThe Elements of Typographic Style by Robert BringhurstJust My Type by Simon GarfieldThe Golden Secrets of Lettering by Martina FlorCustom Lettering of the 20s and 30s by Rian Hughes
Lettering + Calligraphy + Type
51 books — 8 voters

Robert Bringhurst
A man who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep, Frederic Goudy liked to say. If this wisdom needs updating, it is chiefly to add that a woman who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep as well .
Robert Bringhurst

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

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