Books on Type
The following is a partial listing of books on typography in general.
Of these, Bringhurst seems to be the one most often recommended.
- The Elements of Typographic Style
- by Robert Bringhurst
(Hartley & Marks, 1992, ISBN 0-88179-033-8)
- Finer Points in the Spacing & Arrangement of Type
- by Geoffrey Dowding
(Hartley & Marks, 1996, ISBN 0-88179-119-9)
- The Thames & Hudson Manual of Typography
- by Ruari McLean
(Thames & Hudson, 1980, ISBN 0-500-68022-1)
- The Form of the Book
- by Jan Tschichold
(Lund Humphries, 1991, ISBN 0-85331-623-6)
- Type & Layout
- by Colin Wheildon
(Strathmore Press, 1995, ISBN 0-9624891-5-8)
- The Design of Books
- by Adrian Wilson
(Chronicle Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8118-0304-X)
There are many catalogues of type specimens but the following books provide
a more interesting overall view of types in general and some of their history.
- Alphabets Old & New
- by Lewis F. Day
(Senate, 1995, ISBN 1-85958-160-9)
- An Introduction to the History of Printing Types
- by Geoffrey Dowding
(British Library, 1998, UK ISBN 0-7123-4563-9; USA ISBN 1-884718-44-2)
- The Alphabet Abecedarium
- by Richar A. Firmage
(David R. Godine, 1993, ISBN 0-87923-998-0)
- The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering
- by Frederick Goudy
(Dover, 1963, ISBN 0-486-20792-7)
- Anatomy of a Typeface
- by Alexander Lawson
(David R. Godine, 1990, ISBN 0-87923-338-8)
- A Tally of Types
- by Stanley Morison
(David R. Godine, 1999, ISBN 1-56792-004-7)
- Counterpunch
- by Fred Smeijers
(Hyphen, 1996, ISBN 0-907259-06-5)
- Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering
- by Jan Tschichold
(W. W. Norton, 1992, ISBN 0-393-70197-2)
- A Short History of the Printed Word
- by Warren Chappell and
Robert Bringhurst (Hartley & Marks, 1999, ISBN 0-88179-154-7)
The above lists are limited to books published in English. Typographic
styles are somewhat language-dependent, and similarly the 'interesting' fonts
depend on the particular writing system involved.