Typografiaa käsittelevä kirjallisuus
Kirjojen sisältö vaihtelee typografian perusteista aina syvällisempiin ja yksityiskohtaisempiin pohdiskeluihin ja oppeihin. Erittäin suositeltavaa luettavaa suunnittelijoille laajentamaan näkemyksiä ja typografista osaamista.
SUOMALAISET TYPOGRAFIAA KÄSITTELEVÄT KIRJAT
Markus Itkonen: Typografian käsikirja
“Kirja näyttää ja selittää typografian termit ja käsitteet, kirjaintyypit ja -tyylit, typografisen sommittelun ja merkistön.”
ISBN: 978-9525001105 | Katso lisätiedot BookPlussasta
Jarno Lukkarila: Tekstuuri – Typografia julkaisijan työvälineenä.
ISBN: 978-9525344158 | Loppuunmyyty kaupoista.
ULKOMAISET TYPOGRAFIAA KÄSITTELEVÄT KIRJAT
Robert Bringhurst: The Elements of Typographic Style
“This lovely, well-written book is concerned foremost with creating beautiful typography and is essential for professionals who regularly work with typographic designs.”
ISBN: 978-0881792058 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
John Kane: A type primer
“Practical and hands-on in approach, this book/exercise manual speaks clearly to beginning graphic designers and others involved with type about the complex meeting of message, image, and history surrounding typography.”
ISBN: 978-0130990716 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
Ellen Lupton – Thinking with type
“Thinking with Type is written with warmth and clarity. Together with its compact size and affordable price, the book is destined to become an essential part of many typographers’ and designers’ librairies.”
ISBN: 978-1568984483 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
W. Pincus Jaspert, W. Turner Berry, A. F. Johnson: Encyclopædia of Typefaces
“With over 2,000 type faces arranged alphabetically and into three sections- Romans, Lineales and Scripts- this is the most accessible and easy-to-use edition yet. Each entry includes a specimen setting, the original founder or manufacturer, as well as the date of introduction. “
ISBN: 978-1844036707 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
Theodore Rosendorf: The Typographic Desk Reference
The Typographic Desk Reference (aka TDR) is comprised of a thousand facts on the form of Latin-based writing systems.
ISBN: 978-1584562313 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
Fred Smeijers: Counterpunch
“Counterpunch is both an explanation of the 16th-century method of cutting metal type and an impassioned plea for contemporary designers to incorporate the lessons of history as a means of creating typography in our digital age.”
ISBN: 978-0907259060 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
Emil Ruder: Typographie
“Emil Ruder’s Typography is the timeless textbook from which generations of typographer and graphic designers have learned their fundamentals.”
ISBN: 978-3721200430 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
Willi Kunz: Typography – Macro and Microaesthetics
“Part one of this publication discusses the typographic elements; the microaesthetic qualities of letters, numbers, and punctuation marks, lines, and geometric elements and their diverse applications. Part two analyses the design aspects of space, structure, sequence, contrast, form and counterform, and illustrates their function with examples from teaching and praxis.”
ISBN: 978-3721203486 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
Willi Kunz: Typography – Formation + transformation
“Typographic design begins with a set of information and a concept. The designer, facing a blank sheet of paper or a computer screen, is anxious about the first step to take in developing a design. The elements of typography are an obvious starting point, but often do not get the attention they deserve.”
ISBN: 978-3721204957 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
Erik Spiekermann: Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
“World-renowned type experts Erik Spiekermann and E.M. Ginger explain in everyday laymen’s terms what type is and how you can use it to enhance the legibility, meaning, and aesthetic level of your work.”
ISBN: 978-0201703399 | Katso lisätiedot Amazonista
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