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and the famous typography of London Underground.
Typography, A Manual of Design by Emil Ruder
[Niederteufen, Switzerland: Arthur Niggli Ltd, 1977. 3rd
Edition]. A fascinating, disciplined, and very Swiss analysis
of typography and letterforms. Ruder’s discussion and
illustration of the importance of white space in letter forms
and graphic designs is excellent background reading.
Report on the typography of the Cambridge
University Press by Bruce Rogers [Cambridge,
Cambridgeshire: University Printer, 1950. viii, 32, (3) p. : ill.
]. Bruce Rogers (1870-1957) is regarded by many as
having been the greatest typographer and book designer of
the twentieth century. After World War II he was
commissioned by the Cambridge University Press to
undertake a thorough review of all of the Press’
publications and standards. The resulting Report had a
major impact not only on the C.U.P., but also on the general
typographic theory and practice in both Britain and the U.S.
Designing with type; a basic course in typography by
James Craig and Susan E. Meyer [Rev. ed. New York:
Watson-Guptill Publications, 1980. 176 p]. A modern ‘how-
to’ book, available at many large bookstores and graphic
arts dealers.
Type Designers
Twentieth Century Type Designers by Sebastian Carter
[New York: Taplinger Publishing Company, 1987]. An
excellent look at the people behind the type faces, with in-
depth profiles of designers such as Goudy, Morrison, Zapf,
etc.
Typologia; studies in type design & type making, with
comments on the invention of typography, the first
types, legibility, and fine printing by Frederic W. Goudy
(1865-1947). [Reissued 1977. Berkeley: University of
California Press, xviii, 170 p.: ill.; 24 cm.]. Written by the
most prolific type designer of the 20th century [creator of,
among others, the eponymous Goudy Oldstyle], this reprint
of the 1940 edition discusses the history, function, and
meaning of type, and gives some very good insights into
how a type designer works.
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