Thursday, June 22, 2006
Erik Spiekermann, E.M Ginger
Published by: Adobe Press on May 2012
This book was originally published in 1992. The title comes from a fact that Frederic Goudy said:
Anyone who would letterspace lowercase would steal sheep.
This is apparently a misquote according the WikiPedia and Robin Williams. Goudy actually said:
Anyone who would letterspace blackletter would steal sheep
Blackletter is usually referred to as Gothic and the Goudy wisdom encompasses the idea that this kind of font depends on a tight relationship between the adjacent leterforms.
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Ellen Lupton
Published by: Princeton Architectural Press on September 2004
Check out these 2 web sites:
thinkingwithtype.com
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designwritingresearch.org
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Thursday, June 15, 2006
Timothy Samara
Published by: Rockport Publishers Inc. on April 2005
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Kimberley Elam
Published by: Princeton Architectural Press on August 2001
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