The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
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Book Reviews of The Elements of Typographic Style
Book Review: A thick Read
Summary: 4 Stars
A great reference book to have for any designer, although a little tedious at times a solid read with a great historical overview of the subject. I would definitely recommend to any enthusiastic designer with a thirst for knowledge on things Typographical.
Since reading, I have become more critical of Typography in general and it works as a great guide when in doubt.
Book Review: you've to learn your type rules somewhere
Summary: 4 Stars
Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style is a must have if you are interested in learning about type and type standards.Book Review: For Serious Typography Info
Summary: 4 Stars
If you are studying typography this book is an excellent companion or workspace bookshelf reference.Book Review: Lots of information, but somewhat full of itself
Summary: 3 Stars
This book is very heavy on detailed information about typefaces, their history, and their usage. I appreciated that the author took the time to make such a detailed treatise. However, some parts really rubbed me the wrong way--for instance, the sniffy dismissal of the ASCII tilde, straight quotes, and other characters, as "having no typographic purpose". Excuse me, but I use those characters every day. They seem to serve my typographic purposes just fine. Also, in the relatively short section on sans-serif typefaces (named by this author as "unserifed" faces, a term I'd not heard before, and which seems to indicate that serifed fonts are the Real Thing--everything else being derivative and somewhat Less Proper), Helvetica and Franklin Gothic are contemptuously tossed aside as "dark, coarse, and tightly closed ... cultural souvenirs of some of the bleakest days of the Industrial Revolution." (p. 255) Um, yeah. No bias showing there. I think I'll go on using my cultural souvenirs and enjoying them as the well-crafted, light and refined pieces of Modernism that they are, despite this aristocratic dismissal. I think this author is knowledgeable, but thankfully his kind of pedantic snobbery is on the decline in the world of design.Book Review: Everything you've ever wanted to know about type
Summary: 3 Stars
This book includes basically everything an aspiring graphic designer/typographer may want to know: history of type and many specific typefaces, anatomy of type, and practical information about choosing typefaces. If you are completely obsessed with type this is an excellent book, if not, don't bother.