Just received a few Type Designing books and was very disappointed, as the books were mostly (99%) full of history, literature and explanations.
I am looking for some good Type Designing books that offer a lot of illustrations and samples, as I am a highly visual learner.
Any recommendations?
Thanks in advance!
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• The ABC of Custom Lettering by Castro
• Lettering for Advertising by Leach
• The Logo, Font, and Lettering Bible by Cabarga
• Fonts and Logos by Young
• Theory of Type Design by Unger
• Anatomy of a Typeface by Lawson
• The History and Technique of Lettering by Nesbitt
• How to Create Typefaces by Henestrosa, Meseguer, and Scaglione
• Designing Fonts by Campe and Rausch
• Designing Type by Karen Cheng
• Custom Lettering of the The 20s & 30s, 40s & 50s, and 60s & 70s by Hughes
Some of these are out of print and expensive so ask your local librarian to help you find them.
Cheng’s book is great in the second edition and has tons of visual examples.
Henestrosa et al’s book is also great and largely complementary to Cheng, but a pain to order, mostly available only by mail from the UK. Not as strongly visual, but has a lot of practical advice still!
I already placed an order for a few of these recommended titles.
BTW, is learning the Grid System helpful? Does anybody recommend this book for Typeface Designers-
Grid systems in graphic design:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/3721201450?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details
And, there’s some good info in the much briefer Type Tricks: Your Personal Guide to Type Design and Ohno Type School (PDF).
The following are instructional books specifically on lettering, not type, but they have a ton of great illustrated content for any kind of lettermaking.
Also FontLab re-published Gunnlaugur SE Briem's notes on type design.
Any case, I have not read all the books on this thread, and I am excited to check these out!