dcarpent@sjuphil.uucp (D. Carpenter) (10/23/90)
I'm new to the world of computer typography, and have had very little luck finding a good book (or articles) on the basics. Could someone recommend a book that covers such things as different types of font formats, explanations of how to create, modify, and just plain use various screen and printer fonts--esp. when these are obtained from the public domain and need to be MADE to work on one's own system. I'm sure there are many questions I'd like answered that I don't even know enough to ask at this point. Pointers on where to learn more would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- =============================================================== David Carpenter dcarpent@sjuphil.UUCP St. Joseph's University dcarpent@sjuphil.sju.edu Philadelphia, PA 19131
walter@hpsadle.HP.COM (Walter Coole) (10/24/90)
Many of the widely distributed fonts are in METAFONT, for which the standard reference is The METAFONTbook. Computer Modern Typefaces, a companion book, may also be interesting. The literature on COMPUTER fonts is thin, but many of the design issues are covered in traditional font books.
lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin) (10/25/90)
[sorry if you see this twice. C-News seems to be sick on sqarc.sq.com :-(] dcarpent@sjuphil.UUCP () writes: | I'm new to the world of computer typography, and have had very little | luck finding a good book (or articles) on the basics. Could someone | recommend a book that covers such things as different types of font | formats, explanations of how to create, modify, and just plain use | various screen and printer fonts--esp. when these are obtained from the | public domain and need to be MADE to work on one's own system. On typography, look at %T The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography %A McLean, Ruri %I Thames & Hudson %C London %D 1980 On digital typography and fonts, %T Digital Typography %A Rubinstein, Richard %I Addison Wesley %D 1988 %O An Introduction to Type and Composition for Computer System Design I don't know any how-to books covering font formats in general. Feel free to mail me if you want, as long as your questions do not relate to MS/DOS, Windows, or other toys :-). I keep a list of sources of TeX fonts and (to a lesser extent) conversion utilities. Lee -- Liam R. E. Quin, lee@sq.com, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, +1 (416) 963-8337
wdr@wang.com (William Ricker) (10/31/90)
Well, if you want books on fonts... the book on families of Analog fonts is _Types of Typefaces & how to recognize them_ by J.Ben Lieberman. I'm looking to buy a copy, since I just bought a Kelsey 5x8 printing press, and need to buy/scrounge some lead. If anyone has metal to spare... -- /bill ricker/ wdr@wang.com a/k/a wricker@northeastern.edu *** Warning: This account not authorized to express opinions ***