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Title: Book on fonts, graphic design in general
Post by: Billy Rygar on November 05, 2007, 04:59:19 PM

I'm starting to do somethings for work that are going to require a strong, clean visual design and I want to read up on specifically fonts, but some stuff on graphic design in general would be great.  Give me stuff to read.

Title: Re: Book on fonts, graphic design in general
Post by: demi on November 05, 2007, 05:02:56 PM

Comic Sans and You - I think Ichirou wrote it - in Comic Sans

Title: Re: Book on fonts, graphic design in general
Post by: Rman on November 05, 2007, 05:07:01 PM

Go here.

http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/ (http://www.papress.com/thinkingwithtype/)

Title: Re: Book on fonts, graphic design in general
Post by: Rman on November 05, 2007, 05:10:05 PM

Also pick up Print, How, and Dwell on the newsstands.  The first two are dedicated to graphic design and the third to interiors.  Those magazines also practice what the preach with clean, simple art direction.

Title: Re: Book on fonts, graphic design in general
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 05, 2007, 05:14:36 PM

you want this so hard

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881792063/

Title: Re: Book on fonts, graphic design in general
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 05, 2007, 05:22:26 PM

It's basic and it's not basic. It's like the Strunk and White or the K&R of fonts. If you want anything to do with fonts then you need this book.

Title: Re: Book on fonts, graphic design in general
Post by: APF on November 05, 2007, 05:44:36 PM

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on November 05, 2007, 05:14:36 PM

you want this so hard

http://www.amazon.com/Elements-Typographic-Style-Robert-Bringhurst/dp/0881792063/

+1

Title: Re: Book on fonts, graphic design in general
Post by: Vizzys on November 05, 2007, 05:52:41 PM

I wrote a book called

Typography: How Futura > All

look for it