Typography Books

We have carefully compiled typography books that give ideas for graphic designers, developers, and design students. With typography books, you can learn how to use fonts most effectively on websites and other digital media. Knowing brief definitions of typography terms will increase your knowledge of graphic design terminology.

Better web typography for a better web will inspire web designers and developers. We think it will be beneficial for graphic designers, educators, and professional writing designers to learn about the source and visual history of the type that we almost only see on the screen.

• House Industries Lettering Manual
  Lettering manual by Ken Barber. Learn the history and techniques of hand lettering. This visual guide features exercises, typographic models for letter styles.
• Type and Color: How to Design and Use Multicolored Typefaces
  A step-by-step guide to designing typefaces with multiple colors, essential new graphic design, and typography book. Multicolored typefaces.
• Typeset in the Future: Typography and Design in Science Fiction Movies
  Sci-fi movie fans on a journey through genre-defining classics, discovering how they create compelling visions of the future through typography and design.
• Type - A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles
  This comprehensive collection offers a thorough overview of typeface design from 1628 to the mid-20th century. By inscription carvers, and calligraphers.
• Design Elements: Typography Fundamentals
  The most creative design projects of branding, poster, packaging design at typography. Explore the fundamentals of typography with this practical new guide.
• Typography: Graphic Design Elements
  Explore the most creative design projects from all over the world ranging from branding, poster, packaging design to space design in this typography book.
• Elegantissima: The Design and Typography of Louise Fili
  This is a must-have for graphic design students and professionals, as well as anyone interested in advertising, food, design and typography.
• The Designer’s Dictionary of Type
  Illustrated examples, showcasing the beauty and expressiveness of typography, as employed by the world’s greatest designers. The designer's dictionary of type.
• Typography: Graphic Design In Context
  Intended as a core text for typography courses, the book is very well illustrated and each chapter starts with a primer giving concise definitions of terms.
• Type on Screen
  A guide for designers, developers, and students. An essential design tool for anyone seeking clear and focused guidance about typography for the digital age.
• Better Web Typography for a Better Web
  This is a new typography book for a new medium. This a book based on explaining typography to people who build web sites-web designers and web developers.
• The Visual History of Type
  A detailed survey of the major typefaces produced type in the mid-15th century to the present day. For graphic designers, educators, historians, and students.