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1000 Fonts

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Beautiful design and layout of some of the most popular typefaces. I was surprised not to find some favorite fonts, but there wouldn't be a book big enough to display every font available today. A font display, a short history, and showcase of fonts in design use. Handy, hefty little book sure to get a lot of use. A must have for the most rabid font addicts.

I'm an admitted font freak - as a graphic designer, you quickly learn to love fonts and you're forever looking for "the font" that gives a given piece you're designing the right "voice". This is a nicely organized compendium of categories and a wide selection of fonts - both old and newer - that fit each (such as Billboard and Poster, Fun, Illustrative, etc.). One thing I DIDN'T necessarily like is that the categories are too broad - they could have been more specific as is a similarly-themed (but thinner!) book by Timothy Samara, "Type Style Finder". However, the samples in this book are larger and it's easier to use as a font identification source. It's still a very worthwhile purchase and I'm quite glad to add this to my typography arsenal!

As a webdesigner it's a great help.
Many font types are represented with examples. Enough to get inspiration for a new design...