Books On Fonts And Typography

This book is recommended by friend and Professor Kathryn Olen who teaches at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Here is what Professor Olen told me.

“I find this to be the best in overall use with all my classes. It truly has all the info about type design in it, and has lots of good info in the back: full font showing samples that are large enough for students to compare, lists of type designers thru-out the ages, good glossary, wonderful illustrated historical time line info on grid use and a couple of sections on design and examples of great designers work. Very complete!”

After you buy the book check out her coroflot page.

Here’s what Professor Olen told me about Ilene Strizver’s book.

“I like it and would recommend it. Its great for beginners. Simple enough and has recent computer references as they apply to type.”

This book is about how type should look and how to make it look that way; in other words, how to set type like a professional. It releases the craft knowledge that used to reside almost exclusively in the heads of people working in type shops. The shops are gone, the technologies have changed, but the goal remains the same. This book explains in very practical terms how to use today’s computerized tools to achieve that secret of good design: well-set type.

This lovely, well-written book is concerned foremost with creating beautiful typography and is essential for professionals who regularly work with typographic designs.

This reference is a fascinating and complete guide to using fonts and typography on the Web and across a variety of operating systems and application software. Fonts & Encodings shows you how to take full advantage of the incredible number of typographic options available, with advanced material that covers everything from designing glyphs to developing software that creates and processes fonts.

This lively account of the printed word draws together the histories of typography and printing into one robustly illustrated volume, and describes how dramatic changes in technology have affected type design.