books

Below are a list of recommend books. This list will be updated as there are always more new and interesting books to be discovered!

Theory of Type Design
by Gerard Unger

Designing Type
by Karen Cheng

Elements of Typographic Style

Elements of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst

FUSE

FUSE 1-20

detail in typography

Detail in Typography
by Jost Hochuli

FUSE

Dutch Type

Counterpunch

Counterpunch
by Fred Smeijers

Glyph*

Glyph*
by Anna Davies, Adriana Caneva, Shiro Nishimoto

Inventing the Alphabet

Inventing the Alphabet
by Johanna Drucker

how to create typefaces

How to create typefaces
by Laura Meseguer, José Scaglione

designing type revivals

Designing type revivals
by Riccardo Olocco, Michele Patanè

type tricks

type tricks
by Sofie Beier

shaping text

shaping text
by Jan Middendorp

Type

The Visual History of Type
by Paul McNeil

letter fountain

Letter Fountain
by Joep Pohlen (Author), Geert Setola

Type

Reading Letters: designing for legibility
by Sofie Beier

shaping text

The Stroke – Theory Of Writing
by Gerrit Noordzij

shaping text

Gotico-Antiqua, proto-roman, hybrid, 15th-century types between gothic and roman

Type

Type now
Fred Smeijers

shaping text

Type Navigator: The Independent Foundries Handbook
Jan Middendorp 

shaping text

Never Use Futura
Douglas Thomas