Type Rules!: The Designer's Guide to Professional Typography 3rd Edition

Review

"Type Rules! is a comprehensive source of information about the technicalities and art of typography. Strizver really knows her "type" and her expertise is clear as she ranges across topics from the history of typography and its nomenclature to recent developments in proprietary and computer generated typefaces. She has written this book for practitioners, positioning it as "the designer's guide to professional typography." She explains "what to do" with type and "how to do type". She unashamedly focus on MAC computers because that's what she uses, and that's what the design community mostly uses. It's a book with design in mind, not just because that's it's target market, but because its presented in a smart layout, with oodles of example of practical workman-like type, as well as type of the more artistic, original and intriguing variety." (webwombat, 8/6/10)

From the Back Cover

from principle to practice–the revised edition of the comprehensive introduction to typography

Type Rules!, Third Edition is an up-to-date, thorough introduction to the principles and practices of typography. From the fundamentals to cutting-edge applications, this Third Edition has everything today's serious designer needs to use type effectively. Dozens of exercises reinforce authoritative coverage on such topics as how to select the appropriate type for the job, how to set type like a pro, how to avoid common mistakes, and how to design a typeface, as well as how to fully harness the power of major design packages such as InDesign® and QuarkXPress®;—with new coverage of their latest versions.

"I've purchased and read just about every book on typography written over the last twenty-five years. Ilene Strizver's Type Rules! is one of the best. It's a book that will prove its value time and again."
—Allan Haley, Director of Words and Letters, Monotype Imaging

"Type Rules! is a must-have book for students and professionals alike. I highly recommend it."
—Prof. Ed Benguiat, world-renowned type designer and educator, School of Visual Arts

This new Third Edition includes:

• New information on OpenType, font management utilities, font web sites, and interactive typography
• An expanded history of type and an updated glossary of key terms
• Exercises throughout to help reinforce the concepts presented in the book
• A wealth of tried-and-true as well as recently developed type tips
• More in-depth type issues, including scaling logos