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Getting It Right With Type: The Do's And Don'ts of Typography Book

publisher:: Laurence King
lab price:: $18.00
list price:: $19.95
item #:: bk-1122

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In my first days as a jr. designer with no typography skills, my boss told me to read a book called Stop Counting Sheep And Find Out How Type Works. It was a simple book that seemed obvious, but by the end, I had a lightbulb moment that opened me up to the beautiful world of typography. Stop Counting Sheep was an unusual book in that it didn't read like a textbook, more like a self-help book. It was cool back then, but these days of quick-strike knowledge, Getting It Right is like a super soaker of typographic theories and rules. It's visually powerful work. The book's strength is it shows several examples of the same text, set in different type styles, right next to each other. With these examples the lessons become crystal clear, revealing both by mistakes and corrections. Lastly, in addition to all the typographic lessons, the book offers up practical, real-world advice for print and screen (this is the first typographic book that I've encountered that addresses typographic screen issues). Softcover, 174 pages. Recommended.

reviewed by the mgmnt 02/19/2008