Comments on: Better typography without (or in spite of) design school http://www.lifeclever.com/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/ How to live and work as a designer Sat, 10 Sep 2011 15:51:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: oscar http://www.lifeclever.com/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/comment-page-1/#comment-80 oscar Thu, 13 Jul 2006 17:19:39 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/index.php/2006/06/30/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/#comment-80 <p>I would recommend Ellen Lupton's <a href="http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/" rel="nofollow">Thinking with Type</a> over Stop Stealing Sheep, but they're both good books.</p> I would recommend Ellen Lupton’s Thinking with Type over Stop Stealing Sheep, but they’re both good books.

]]> By: George http://www.lifeclever.com/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/comment-page-1/#comment-35 George Thu, 06 Jul 2006 16:46:53 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/index.php/2006/06/30/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/#comment-35 <p>I'd also recommend looking at Phil Baines' book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0823055280" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">Type & Typography</a>, which carries a lot of useful information and provides thorough (and useful) historical context.</p> I’d also recommend looking at Phil Baines’ book Type & Typography, which carries a lot of useful information and provides thorough (and useful) historical context.

]]> By: Chanpory http://www.lifeclever.com/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Chanpory Tue, 04 Jul 2006 04:40:41 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/index.php/2006/06/30/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/#comment-33 <p>Chris, glad you found this helpful. It's really a shame to see the dearth of decent books on typography and design in bookstores. Good luck in your typographic quest!</p> Chris, glad you found this helpful. It’s really a shame to see the dearth of decent books on typography and design in bookstores. Good luck in your typographic quest!

]]> By: Chris Adams http://www.lifeclever.com/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Chris Adams Mon, 03 Jul 2006 20:06:33 +0000 http://www.lifeclever.com/index.php/2006/06/30/better-typography-without-or-in-spite-of-design-school/#comment-32 <p>Last week I spent 3 hours in Barnes and Noble. 1 hour I spent wandering around looking for books on Typography. finally I asked for help, and even then it took another 40 minutes to find an associate who could show me where they were.</p> <p>After browsing all 3 of the books they had, I realized that they were all crap: Coffee-table books.</p> <p>Thank you for taking the time to research the books listed above, you have literaly made my week.</p> Last week I spent 3 hours in Barnes and Noble. 1 hour I spent wandering around looking for books on Typography. finally I asked for help, and even then it took another 40 minutes to find an associate who could show me where they were.

After browsing all 3 of the books they had, I realized that they were all crap: Coffee-table books.

Thank you for taking the time to research the books listed above, you have literaly made my week.

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