Elements of Typographic Style: The Elements of Typographic Style (Edition 3) (Hardcover)

from Pondlife

I bought this book to help me understand font selection, and ended up learning a whole lot more. It's a great book, and surprisingly readable for a textbook. It's obvious that a lot of effort has been put into the presentation as it's very nicely laid out, indeed just looking at the layout can be...

from NaleagDeco

I'm sure it's only the tip of the iceberg, but the book is engrossing enough that I now cast my amateur eye at any piece of text that floats my way. The author knows his stuff; better yet, he weaves humour and passion into what could have been a very dry introductory text. Although there is a glo...

from Katya0133

An excellent reference and an interesting read. I especially love the appendix of special characters.

from jasonli

"The Elements of Typographic Style" is a compact yet erudite handbook on typography and graphic design. Assuming little to no knowledge of typography, Bringhurst walks the reader through various facets of typography design: from discussing kerning and why it matters, to a walk through the history...

from llasram

Fascinating. Quite a lot to digest, especially for the amateur typographer, and doubly so for one working purely in reflowable digital text. Everyone I've mentioned this book to has assumed it to be about "fonts," but only a third or so of this book deals with issues connected to type face design...