Typography Resources

In Print

• Manuals
• Robert Bringhurst The Elements of Typographic Style
• Josef Muller-Brockmann Grid Systems in Graphic Design
• Ellen Lupton Thinking with Type
• Erik Spiekermann & E. M. Ginger Stop Stealing Sheep
• Jan Tschichold The Form of the Book
• Jan Tschichold The New Typography
• General Historical Surveys & Encyclopedias
• Johanna Drucker & Emily McVarish Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide
• Friedrich Friedl et al Typography
• Richard Hollis Graphic Design: A Concise History
• Philip B. Meggs A History of Graphic Design
• Specific Historical Subjects
• Lewis Blackwell 20th Century Type
• Mildred Friedman Graphic Design in America
• Rick Poynor Communicate: Independent British Graphic Design since the Sixties
• Michel Wlassikoff The Story of Graphic Design in France
• Academic/Theoretical Texts
• Michael Bierut et al, eds. Looking Closer 3: Classic Writings on Graphic Design
• Lucien Febvre & Henri-Jean Martin The Coming of the Book: The Impact of Printing 1450-1800
• Steven Roger Fischer A History of Reading
• Robin Kinross Modern Typography
• Maud Lavin Clean New World: Culture, Politics, and Graphic Design
• Ellen Mazur Thomson The Origins of Graphic Design in America, 1870-1920

Online

• Blogs
• Codex xcix
• Design Observer
• I Love Typography
• Walker Design Blog
• Periodicals
• Emigre
• Eye
• U&lc
• Databases
• Design Museum
• The Grid System
• Omniglot
• Thinking with Type microsite
• Type Foundries
• Emigre
• Font Bureau
• FontShop
• Hoefler & Frere-Jones
• House Industries
• LineTo
• Process Type Foundry
• Typotheque
• Underware
• Designers & Firms
• Philippe Apeloig
• Jonathan Barnbrook
• Base
• David Carson
• Daniel Eatock
• Experimental Jetset
• Fuel
• Graphic Thought Facility
• Green Dragon Office (Lorraine Wild)
• Hyperkit
• Kiosk
• Machine
• Made in Space (April Greiman)
• Bruce Mau
• M/M Paris
• Non-Format
• Norm
• Pentagram
• A Practice for Everyday Life
• James Goggin / Practise
• Project Projects
• Sagmeister, Inc.
• Stripe SF
• Tomato
• 2x4