The Elements of Typographic Style [Paperback]

Robert Bringhurst (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 254 pages
• Publisher: Hartley & Marks (November 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881790338
• ISBN-13: 978-0881790337
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,599,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The first book of typography, March 20, 2003

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John Lacey (San Luis Obispo, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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Others have said almost everything that needs saying. I just wanted to get my five stars in because few books deserve them more. This book isn't hands on practical and it isn't a work of art like Manuale Typographicum, but it's perfectly in between with the basics of good typography. If you own (and you do want to own this one) one book on typography, this should be it.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best all around books on typography, June 6, 1996

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This review is from: The Elements of Typographic Style (Paperback)

If you only read one book on typography, you could do a hell of a lot worse than picking up
this one. The author feels strongly about the subject and while he is in many ways a
proponent of classical typography his advice are applicable to other areas of typographic
design as well. This is not a quick hack book on how to design type or
how to do typographic design with DTP. You need to use your brain here.
Marvelous.

6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rather long for the material covered., September 23, 2004

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This review is from: Elements of Typographic Style (Paperback)

Good information but rather a long text for what I got out of it. Gives much positioning/spacing information that I do intuitively anyway. The industry seems to love this book but I think that it could be better with a rewrite to make it shorter and give clearer headings and divisions. For an industry person fascinated by typefaces it does include comments on many different typeface origins.