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October 6, 2010
Our all time best selling book is now available in a revised and expanded second edition. Thinking with Type is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication, from the printed page to the computer screen. This revised edition includes forty-eight pages of new content, including the latest information on style sheets for print and the web, the use of ornaments and captions, lining and non-lining numerals, the use of small caps and enlarged capitals, as well as information on captions, font licensing, mixing typefaces, and hand lettering. Throughout the book, visual examples show how to be inventive within systems of typographic form—what the rules are and how to break them. Thinking with Type is a type book for everyone: designers, writers, editors, students, and anyone else who works with words. The popular online companion to Thinking with Type (www.thinkingwithtype.com) has been revised to reflect the new material in the second edition.

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Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press; 2 Rev Exp edition (October 6, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1568989695
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568989693
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 7 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Ellen Lupton is the author, coauthor, or editor of 13 books with PAPress, including Design Culture Now; Skin: Surface, Substance + Design; Inside Design Now; Thinking with Type; D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself; and D.I.Y. Kids. She is Curator of Contemporary Design, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York and Director, Graphic Design MFA Program, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. she is hte recipient of numerous awards including I.D. Forty, 1992; Chrysler Design Award, 1996; and AIGA Gold Medal, 2007.


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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
great additions! October 24, 2010
By Becca
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I've used "Thinking with Type" for the last year and a half in the typography classes that I teach. I thought the first edition was a useful tool. Then one of my students ordered this one, and let me look at it...and I was amazed at all of the new information (like a separate page each for numbers, punctuation, and ornaments) and examples that had been added. I ordered it for myself as soon as possible, and will be recommending the second edition to all of my students from now on.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Great handbook November 2, 2010
By kenk
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This book is an excellent resource for anyone who is serious about graphic layout. It is not a type book; it does not review fonts individually. Rather, it considers type as a visual element. Accessibly written, someone new to the field could use it, as well as experienced graphic artists and those for whom the page is important. A good investment for the artist on a budget, too.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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This book was suggested to me on Amazon because of other books I ordered on graphically displaying data, and I'm so happy it was! This book has easy-read essays about letters, text, and grids, all followed by some specific do's and don't's, and ideas/exercises to consider, all without being too preachy and laying the groundwork for you to make your own decisions about how to display text. I'm an urban planning & design student and I loved this book- I think anyone who will ever create anything from a report to a poster to a presentation should read it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
A Great Book!
I had to purchase this book for my typography class and it proved to be helpful and inspiring. It's definitely a worthwhile purchase for any creative who uses typography. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Samantha Brooke
Good supportive text.
Decent information, nice illustrations. Very explanatory. More illustrations than text verbiage, so it is good as a supplement, but not a main/sole source for educational... Read more
Published 3 months ago by dm
.good book.
.this book was in really good condition and it is a really good read. I bought it for my class but I plan on keeping it for my entire career.
Published 3 months ago by .kla.
Excellent Introduction
This is an excellent introduction and jumping off point to typography. It is well written and entertaining. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Tim R Ayers
Excellent book, indispensable for beginners
Ellen Lupton really improved the first edition. Thinking with type is a indispensable book for who wants know about typography, I always recomend for my students.
Published 6 months ago by Jackson Alves
A lot of words but little substance
I am truly surprised at the positive reviews. I bought this book based on the reviews but this book was a complete disappointment from the perspective of gaining practical wisdom... Read more
Published 6 months ago by TruthSeeker
Great Type & Layout textbook!
Love this book. Very interesting and educational. My students enjoy the passion for type that obviously inspired the writings. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Jeannette I Stutzman
Well worth reading
There was not a lot of information presented in this book that I had not already learned elsewhere, but the way it was tied together with other concepts had me re-evaluating what I... Read more
Published 8 months ago by pako
Prerequisite for graphic designers
This book is really the pinnacle of learning typography and understanding how typesetting works. I'm weary of any graphic designer who has not read it and I lend my copy out... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Brian
a brilliant book
This is the best book I've ever seen on the subject. Its subtitle is ''a critical guide for designers, writers, editors, and students,'' but it would amuse and enlighten anyone who... Read more
Published 9 months ago by coyotegirl
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