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Graphic Design: Typography

GD154 Recommended Books

Adobe Type Library Reference Book by Adobe Systems, Inc. Staff
Call Number: Z 250.7 A46 2012
Publication Date: 2011-12-15
Mastering Type: the essential guide to typography for print and web design by Denise Bosler
Call Number: Z 246 B68 2012
Publication Date: 2012-06-13
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Call Number: Z 246 B74 2005
Publication Date: 2004-09-27
The Complete Manual of Typography by Jim Felici
Call Number: Z 250 F44 2012
Publication Date: 2011-07-14
Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, and Students by Ellen Lupton
Publication Date: 2010-10-06
Available in print and e-book formats.
Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces by Bruce Willen; Nolen Strals
Call Number: Z 250 W598 2009
Available in print and e-book formats.

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Look for books of possible interest in the following call number areas:

Call Numbers	Subject
N 7433.3	Artist's Books
NC 973.5	Cover design (books, magazines)
Z 116	Book Design
Z 242 - 264	Printing, type and type founding, typography

Recommended Web Resources (selected from Karin's GD154 list)

The complete list of resources is available to students of GD154 Typography (Students, see your Course Outline).

GD154 More Recommended Books

Typographic Design by Rob Carter; Philip B. Meggs; Ben Day
Publication Date: 2006-11-03
Typography, Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography by Ina Saltz et al
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Available in print and e-book formats.
Book Design by Andrew Haslam
Publication Date: 2006-11-07
In Progress: see inside a lettering artist's sketchbook and process, from pencil to vector by Jessica Hische (Illustrator); Louise Fili
Call Number: NK 3631 H57 A35 2015
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Book Typography: A designer's manual by Michael Mitchell
Publication Date: 2005
Art Direction + Editorial Design by Yolanda Zappaterra
Call Number: Z 246 Z37 2007
Publication Date: 2007-10-01
Thou Shall Not Use Comic Sans: 365 Graphic Design Commandments by Tony Seddon et al
Call Number: NC 997 T56 2012
Publication Date: 2012-02-01
Available in print

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