The Elements of Typographic Style
Robert Bringhurst
The typographer’s bible; a book that is never too far from reach.
Criticism for the new grotesques
On Modern Typography & How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
How To Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul
Adrian Shaughnessy
On the “science” of typography
On Modern Typography & Slow Learner
Slow Learner
Thomas Pynchon
Pynchon’s early stories are facile at best, but the introduction to the collection—in which Pynchon addresses his readers and talks about his writing—is invaluable.
Tschichold arguing against Swiss design
On Modern Typography
On modern typography in America
On Modern Typography
On the typography of democracy
On Modern Typography
On the question of what is literature
On Literary Theory & Modern Typography
On “masculine printing” versus “feminine printing”
On Modern Typography
Modern Typography
Robin Kinross
A rare object—a book on typography that is as beautifully written as it is designed.