August 2014
Beginner
989 pages
34h 23m
English
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More Typographic Resources
This book is by no means the be-all and end-all on typography and fonts. To learn more about finding, identifying, and buying fonts, crack open a nice bottle of wine and check out some of the following resources:
www.lesa.in/lesacl. Your humble author records a slew of online video courses. For more on typography, including how to create typographic logos, check out Graphic Design for Everyone, or the ebook of the very same name at www.theskinnybooks.com. You can also download a handy typographic cheat sheet by visiting www.facebook.com/photolesa and clicking Like.
The Non-Designer’s Type Book, Second Edition, by Robin Williams (www.lesa.in/robinnddb). This book is an easy read and well worth the time; you’ll learn more than you ever wanted to know about typography.
Fonts & Encodings by Yannis Haralambous (www.lesa.in/fontsencoding) is a priceless resource. If you’ve ever wondered how our current font situation came to be or how and why fonts work the way they do, you’ll enjoy this tome.
www.Helveticafilm.com. Visit this site for a feature-length film about typography and graphic design made in celebration of the Helvetica font’s 50th birthday in 2007. It’s fascinating!
www.fonts.com. Hands down the Internet’s number one resource for all things font related.
www.myfonts.com. Another great site, which features a font-identification service called WhatTheFont. Just send them an image of some text and they’ll tell you the closest matching font. How cool is that? ...