karl@umb.umb.edu (Karl Berry.) (08/08/88)
Several people have asked for the full citation of the Ruder
book I mentioned in my article asking about German. Also,
in the past I've noticed some articles asking for books.
Here is a list of books that I either own or have seen. It is
pretty sketchy, but does include some that I found pretty amazing.
It also has a few theses on type issues. I didn't include any of
the publications of the TeX project (including volumes A-E of
Computers & Typesetting). Many typesetting companies will give
or sell catalogs of their type, and ITC publishes a quarterly
paper with their new faces.
I hope Chuck Bigelow or some other person with more background and knowledge
than I can send out a lengthier list.
Karl. karl@umb.edu.
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Type design:
*Lynn Ruggles. Paragon: An interactive, extensible environment for typeface
design. COINS #87-134, 1987. UMass/Amherst, $9.65. A recent research
project combining traditional design techniques and computers. Uses
Metafont-type spline curves and a completely graphic user interface.
Kathleen Carter. Computer-Aided Typeface Design. Technical Report 87.
University of Cambridge, Computer Lab, Corn Exchange St.,
Cambridge, England CB2 3QG. 3.15 British pounds. Another type design
system, for the Rainbow workstation. Uses line segments and a sophisticated
method for automatic calculation of side bearings.
Daniel Updike. Printing Types (in two volumes). An American type designer
writes on the history of type and type design. The Providence Public
Library has a special room with Updike's book collection, which includes
many rare and interesting books on typography.
Debra Adams. A Dialogue of Forms. May 1978. MIT Microreproduction Lab,
77 Massachusetts Avenue room 014-0551, Cambridge, MA 02139. $46.35.
Good illustrations and discussion of computer-aided type design. She
was an advisor to Bitstream.
David Siegel. The Euler Project at Stanford. Computer Science Department,
Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. Discussion of the Stanford
typography group's attempt to turn Hermann Zapf's drawings for Euler,
a new typeface for mathematics, into Metafont programs.
**Hermann Zapf. Hermann Zapf and his design philosophy. Society of Typographic
Arts, Chicago. 1987. ISBN 0-941447-00-6. A collection of essays by
Zapf the role of computers in type design, problems designers face,
etc, etc. Half the book is illustrations, of Zapf's calligraphy,
typography, and typefaces. This is a beautiful and valuable book.
Frederic Goudy. The alphabet and elements of lettering. $4.95.
Sebastian Carter. Twentieth century type designers. Taplinger Publishing.
$24.95. Biographies of most major type designers, with many examples
of their work. Includes Hermann Zapf, Adrian Frutiger, ...
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General typography:
Emil Ruder. Typography/Typographie. Arthur Niggli Ltd., Teufen AR,
Switzerland. 1967. Discussion of many aspects of typographic design,
using examples. Not a how-to book. Printed in French, German, and English.
John Lewis. Typography: Design and Practice. Taplinger Publishing, England.
1978. ISBN 0-8008-7922-8 (paperback). Some history, but mostly philosophical
considerations in typography. Good background material for people
interested in typography.
James Craig. Designing with type. Watson-Guptill Publications, 1515 Broadway,
New York, NY 10036. 1978. ISBN 0-8230-1320-0. A more practical guide
on how to lay out the page, choice of typeface, terminology, etc.
Frederic Goudy. Typologia. University of California Press. $7.95. Discussions
on both type design and typography by a master designer.
Ruari McLean. The Thames & Hudson Manual of Typography. Thames and Hudson.
$11.95. An excellent style guide from a particular company.
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Type specimens:
**James Sutton & Alan Bartram. An Atlas of Typeforms. Lund Humphries, Britian.
Examples of (mostly text) typefaces from Roman times to the 20th century in
several sizes, complete font specimens, and sample typeset text. This is a
very valuable book to type designers; in fact, if you find it, I will
pay just about any price for it. (It's out of print.)
Christopher Perfect and Gordon Rookledge. Rookledge's International
typefinder. 1983. Lund Humphries Publishers, 26 Litchfield St.,
London WC2 9NJ. Upper and lowercase alphabets, both text and display,
in one size. Classified according to the author's own (quite good)
system (by typeface features instead of date).
Benjamin Bauermeister. A manual of comparative typography. Van Nostrand
Reinhold. $34.95. Concentrates on showing differences between various
typefaces.