Essential Typography

Manual of Typography
Beautifully illustrated beginner's guide to the history and appreciation of type and letterforms. Excellent starting point. Always in print.   Full review HERE









The Elements of Typographic Style
Repeatedly voted top of the best books in typographic design. Comprehensive, elegantly designed, and written in an almost poetic style.   Full review HERE

An Essay on Typography
Quirky and moralising, but these are thought-provoking essays from a modern master. This beautifully reproduced re-issue is printed in his own font - Joanna.   Full review HERE

The New Typography: A Handbook for Modern Designers
Design manual and political manifesto - one of the central texts of the modernist movement in the graphic arts.   Full review HERE

Visual Explanations
Typography, layout, design, and communication theory all in one - and a work of art in book production.   Full review HERE








The Form of the Book: Essays on Good Design
Short articles from Jan Tschichold's later period. He examines the details of type and page design in close detail. Thought-provoking and incredibly thorough.
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Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works
Very popular and well-illustrated introduction to typography and good design principles. Funny title: good book. Every page an exercise in good design.
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20th Century Type: Remix
Beautifully-illustrated history of 100 years in typographic innovation. Chapters in decades - from Art Nouveau, Modernism, and Expressionism, through to post-Modern.   Full review HERE