Typography Books

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The Elements of Typographic Style The Elements of Typographic Style (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 9,065 ratings — published 1992
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Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students (Paperback)
by (shelved 209 times as typography)
avg rating 4.12 — 12,596 ratings — published 2004
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Just My Type: A Book About Fonts Just My Type: A Book About Fonts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 140 times as typography)
avg rating 3.95 — 61,845 ratings — published 2010
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Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (Paperback)
by (shelved 98 times as typography)
avg rating 3.92 — 2,221 ratings — published 1993
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Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as typography)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,023 ratings — published 1971
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The Anatomy of Type The Anatomy of Type (Hardcover)
by (shelved 55 times as typography)
avg rating 4.17 — 410 ratings — published 2012
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The New Typography The New Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as typography)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,094 ratings — published 1928
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Detail in Typography Detail in Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as typography)
avg rating 4.33 — 616 ratings — published 2005
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An Essay on Typography An Essay on Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as typography)
avg rating 3.54 — 651 ratings — published 1931
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The Complete Manual of Typography: A Guide to Setting Perfect Type The Complete Manual of Typography: A Guide to Setting Perfect Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as typography)
avg rating 4.11 — 631 ratings — published 2002
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Typographie: A Manual on Design Typographie: A Manual on Design (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as typography)
avg rating 4.37 — 627 ratings — published 1981
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Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols & Other Typographical Marks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as typography)
avg rating 3.96 — 2,180 ratings — published 2013
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Type Matters! Type Matters! (Leather Bound)
by (shelved 38 times as typography)
avg rating 4.19 — 435 ratings — published 2012
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Typography Sketchbooks Typography Sketchbooks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 37 times as typography)
avg rating 4.28 — 724 ratings — published 2011
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Designing Type Designing Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as typography)
avg rating 4.35 — 371 ratings — published 2006
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On Web Typography On Web Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as typography)
avg rating 4.14 — 472 ratings — published 2014
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Typographic Design: Form and Communication Typographic Design: Form and Communication (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as typography)
avg rating 4.10 — 399 ratings — published 1993
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Anatomy of a Typeface Anatomy of a Typeface (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as typography)
avg rating 4.01 — 142 ratings — published 1990
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Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles (Volume 1, 1628-1900) Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles (Volume 1, 1628-1900)
by (shelved 27 times as typography)
avg rating 4.37 — 337 ratings — published 2009
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Type on Screen: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Developers, and Students Type on Screen: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Developers, and Students (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as typography)
avg rating 3.89 — 218 ratings — published 2014
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Modern Typography: an essay in critical history Modern Typography: an essay in critical history (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as typography)
avg rating 4.08 — 90 ratings — published 1996
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A Type Primer A Type Primer (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as typography)
avg rating 4.19 — 392 ratings — published 2002
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Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century, designing typefaces now (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as typography)
avg rating 4.46 — 98 ratings — published 1997
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Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung Rastersysteme für die visuelle Gestaltung (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as typography)
avg rating 4.13 — 4,341 ratings — published 1996
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Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age Scripts: Elegant Lettering from Design's Golden Age (Hardcover)
by (shelved 21 times as typography)
avg rating 4.32 — 299 ratings — published 2011
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Typographic Systems Typographic Systems (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as typography)
avg rating 4.12 — 192 ratings — published 2007
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Why Fonts Matter Why Fonts Matter (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as typography)
avg rating 3.88 — 478 ratings — published 2016
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The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design The Form of the Book: Essays on the Morality of Good Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as typography)
avg rating 4.28 — 303 ratings — published 1975
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Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as typography)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,114 ratings — published 2004
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Hand Job: A Catalog of Type Hand Job: A Catalog of Type (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as typography)
avg rating 4.10 — 2,376 ratings — published 2007
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Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles (Volume 2, 1901-1938) Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles (Volume 2, 1901-1938)
by (shelved 18 times as typography)
avg rating 4.47 — 96 ratings — published
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Better Web Typography for a Better Web Better Web Typography for a Better Web
by (shelved 18 times as typography)
avg rating 4.36 — 174 ratings — published
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In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as typography)
avg rating 4.54 — 871 ratings — published 2015
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The Stroke: Theory of Writing The Stroke: Theory of Writing (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as typography)
avg rating 4.11 — 168 ratings — published 2006
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Type Rules!: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography Type Rules!: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as typography)
avg rating 3.93 — 123 ratings — published 2001
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The Visual History of Type: A visual survey of 320 typefaces The Visual History of Type: A visual survey of 320 typefaces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as typography)
avg rating 4.57 — 68 ratings — published
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Letter Fountain: On Printing Types Letter Fountain: On Printing Types (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as typography)
avg rating 4.53 — 70 ratings — published 2009
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Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type Typography Essentials: 100 Design Principles for Working with Type (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as typography)
avg rating 3.90 — 142 ratings — published 2009
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While You're Reading While You're Reading (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as typography)
avg rating 3.89 — 136 ratings — published 1997
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Type: The Secret History of Letters Type: The Secret History of Letters (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as typography)
avg rating 4.02 — 179 ratings — published 2004
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Typography: Macro and Microaesthetics Typography: Macro and Microaesthetics (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as typography)
avg rating 4.56 — 50 ratings — published 2000
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Type and Typography Type and Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as typography)
avg rating 3.94 — 163 ratings — published 2002
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Letters of Credit: A View of Type Design Letters of Credit: A View of Type Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as typography)
avg rating 4.04 — 51 ratings — published 1987
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Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design Typography Workbook: A Real-World Guide to Using Type in Graphic Design (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as typography)
avg rating 4.00 — 282 ratings — published 2004
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The Fundamentals of Typography The Fundamentals of Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as typography)
avg rating 4.11 — 150 ratings — published 2006
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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1) Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore (Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as typography)
avg rating 3.72 — 216,986 ratings — published 2012
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Pioneers of Modern Typography Pioneers of Modern Typography (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as typography)
avg rating 3.93 — 60 ratings — published 1983
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Flexible Typesetting Flexible Typesetting (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as typography)
avg rating 4.33 — 49 ratings — published
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Butterick's Practical Typography Butterick's Practical Typography (ebook)
by (shelved 13 times as typography)
avg rating 4.39 — 228 ratings — published 2013
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Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as typography)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,338 ratings — published 2012
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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 pleasant visual experience.”
Douglas Hofstadter

Neil Postman
“The line-by-line, sequential, continuous form of the printed page slowly began to lose its resonance as a metaphor of how knowledge was to be acquired and how the world was to be understood. "Knowing" the facts took on a new meaning, for it did not imply that one understood implications, background, or connections. Telegraphic discourse permitted no time for historical perspectives and gave no priority to the qualitative. To the telegraph, intelligence meant knowing of lots of things, not knowing about them.”
Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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