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”...doing something for

dezcom — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:44:43 -0800

”...doing something for the sake of itself (put very simply)”

But put very well and perfect for type design.

ChrisL

A new one i cannot recommend

franzheidl — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:42:23 -0800

A new one i cannot recommend enough is Richard Sennett, The Craftsman. Not a book about typography, but generally about work ethics, work morale and related problems, and an attitude of doing something for the sake of itself (put very simply). I find it more enlightening and thought-provoking than 20 kgs of your average graphic design/typography books.

Any other current students

Hellbox — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:56:25 -0800

Any other current students out there who’d like to suggest any new or classic books?

Will, Sorry, I meant to say

Hellbox — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:02:43 -0800

Will,
Sorry, I meant to say ’does anyone else from the days of metal care to join in?’ It was badly phrased.

“Lo presente libro insegna

venticaratteruzzi — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:31:33 -0800

“Lo presente libro insegna la vera arte delo excellente scrivere de diverse varie sorti de litere le quali se fanno per geometrica ragione” (by. Giovanni Antonio Tagliente)
“Manuale Tipografico del cavaliere Giambattista Bodoni” (obviously by Bodoni, in the Franco Maria Ricci edition)
Joseph Muller-Brockman, “The Graphic Designer and His Design Problems”...

>> BRILLIANT. Anyone care

will powers — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:18:53 -0800

>> BRILLIANT. Anyone care to join in who harks from the days of metal?

I already did. Way early in this discussion.

powers

Thanks to everyone who

Hellbox — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:12:50 -0800

Thanks to everyone who posted.
Anymore for anymore? Come on! :)

Type and Typography: The

Bubble07 — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:09:55 -0800

Type and Typography: The Designer’s Type Book
and
Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography

Can’t remember which one was first, but I think the Rosen one, they were both part of my first semester of school though.

Hangul Design by Yoon

Jongseong — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:19:45 -0800

Hangul Design by Yoon Younggi (윤영기의 한글 디자인). This is a nuts-and-bolts type design book rather than a general typography book. Yoon is the founder of Yoon Design, a leading Korean foundry. This 1999 book details the design process of a selection of hangul typefaces that Yoon and his collaborators worked on.

“Typiskt Typografiskt”

Goran Soderstrom — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:01:25 -0800

“Typiskt Typografiskt” by swedish typographer Bo Berndal. Available in swedish only.

BRILLIANT. Anyone care to

Hellbox — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:29:29 -0800

BRILLIANT. Anyone care to join in who harks from the days of metal?

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russellm — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:35:55 -0800

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Designing With type. A basic

russellm — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:35:10 -0800

Designing With type. A basic Course in Typography. James Crag.

before that; Lettraset catalogs.

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thinking w/type - Ellen

popluhv — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 21:15:22 -0800

thinking w/type - Ellen Lupton

Armin Hofmann’s “Graphic

sihep — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:20:20 -0800

Armin Hofmann’s “Graphic Design Manual” + “Typography” by Emil Ruder.

A SURVEY: What was your first book about typography?

Hellbox — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:52:14 -0800

Hi there,
I’m doing a quick survey to ask, ’what was your first book about typography?’
Particularly, which books were on your first year (freshman) university/college/apprenticeship reading list? And which of these was the first that you bought, read, and referred to early on in your typographic education.

For me it was James Felici’s Complete Manual of Typography.