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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label typebooks</title>
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<h3>Books on Type</h3>
<p> The following is a partial listing of books on typography in general.
Of these, Bringhurst seems to be the one most often recommended.
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<dt>The Elements of Typographic Style<dd>by Robert Bringhurst
(Hartley & Marks, 1992, ISBN 0-88179-033-8)
<dt>Finer Points in the Spacing & Arrangement of Type<dd>by Geoffrey Dowding
(Hartley & Marks, 1996, ISBN 0-88179-119-9)
<dt>The Thames & Hudson Manual of Typography<dd>by Ruari McLean
(Thames & Hudson, 1980, ISBN 0-500-68022-1)
<dt>The Form of the Book<dd>by Jan Tschichold
(Lund Humphries, 1991, ISBN 0-85331-623-6)
<dt>Type & Layout<dd>by Colin Wheildon
(Strathmore Press, 1995, ISBN 0-9624891-5-8)
<dt>The Design of Books<dd>by Adrian Wilson
(Chronicle Books, 1993, ISBN 0-8118-0304-X)
<dt>Optical Letter Spacing<dd>by David Kindersley and Lida Cardozo Kindersley
(<a href="http://www.kindersleyworkshop.co.uk/">The Cardozo Kindersley Workshop</a>
2001, ISBN 1-874426-139)
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<p> There are many catalogues of type specimens but the following books provide
a more interesting overall view of types in general and some of their history.
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<dt>Alphabets Old & New<dd>by Lewis F. Day
(Senate, 1995, ISBN 1-85958-160-9)
<dt>An Introduction to the History of Printing Types<dd>by Geoffrey Dowding
(British Library, 1998, UK ISBN 0-7123-4563-9; USA ISBN 1-884718-44-2)
<dt>The Alphabet Abecedarium<dd>by Richar A. Firmage
(David R. Godine, 1993, ISBN 0-87923-998-0)
<dt>The Alphabet and Elements of Lettering<dd>by Frederick Goudy
(Dover, 1963, ISBN 0-486-20792-7)
<dt>Anatomy of a Typeface<dd>by Alexander Lawson
(David R. Godine, 1990, ISBN 0-87923-338-8)
<dt>A Tally of Types<dd>by Stanley Morison
(David R. Godine, 1999, ISBN 1-56792-004-7)
<dt>Counterpunch<dd>by Fred Smeijers
(Hyphen, 1996, ISBN 0-907259-06-5)
<dt>Treasury of Alphabets and Lettering<dd>by Jan Tschichold
(W. W. Norton, 1992, ISBN 0-393-70197-2)
<dt>A Short History of the Printed Word<dd>by Warren Chappell and
Robert Bringhurst (Hartley & Marks, 1999, ISBN 0-88179-154-7)
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<p> The above lists are limited to books published in English. Typographic
styles are somewhat language-dependent, and similarly the 'interesting' fonts
depend on the particular writing system involved.
<p><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=typebooks">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=typebooks</a>
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