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  Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Second Edition

  by Erik Spiekermann, E. M. Ginger

  Stop Stealing Sheep, Second Edition is a unique, entertaining, and educational tour through the most basic unit of written communication: type. World-renowned type experts Erik Spiekermann and E.M. Ginger explain in everyday laymen's terms what type is and how you can use it to enhance the legibility, meaning, and aesthetic level of your work. They elegantly touch on all aspects of typography, including the... (more)
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  While You're Reading

  by Gerard Unger

  This book is about everything that happens while you’re reading, in front of your eyes and inside your head; and about what type designers, typographers and graphic designers bring to a page to make reading happen.Two examples of tantalizing questions will be answered: How is it possible to read without seeing any letters? How much hidden typographic knowledge does the average reader possess? Other subjects... (more)
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  Letters of Credit: A View of Type Design

  by Walter Tracy

  THE REVOLUTION in typesetting - a revolution that over the past two decades has eliminated a five-hundred-year-old system of hot metal production and replaced it with one of photo-generated and computer-driven composition - shows no sign of winding down. This book, more than any other we know, traces the steps that went into that revolution and simultaneously makes the argument that the letter forms themselves are... (more)
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  Dsos1: The User's Manual

  by Stefan Gandl, Robert Klanten

  With DSOS1 (Designer Shock Operating System 1) Berlin-based collective Designershock explores new interaction opportunities between web and print, successfully defying the fixed format of conventional books. With a dash of daring the manual offers both a comprehensive selection of innovative fonts and vector graphics (see “Büro Destruct”) as well as an assortment of ingenious content to be accessed exclusively... (more)