These are books I enjoyed reading, own or use as reference, somewhat sorted after topic. Collected as a resource for my students, mainly. Enjoy!
T Y P E D E S I G N
Theory of Type Design
by Gerard Unger
Gerard Unger, life in letters
by Christopher Burke
Roger Excoffon et la fonderie Olive
by Sandra Chamaret, Julien Gineste and Sébastien Morlighem
Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer 1918 - 1981
by Adrian Shaughnessy
Bram de Does, typographer and type designer
by Mathieu Lommen
Paul Renner: The Art of Typography
by Christopher Burke
Adrian Frutiger – Typefaces: The Complete Works
by Heidrun Osterer and Philipp Stamm
Letterletter: An Inconsistent Collection of Tentative Theories
That Do Not Claim Any Other Authority Than That of Common Sense
by Gerrit Noordzij
The Stroke: Theory of Writing
by Gerrit Noordzij
Size-specific adjustments to type designs
by Tim Ahrends
Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century,
designing typefaces now
by Fred Smeijers
T Y P O G R A P H Y
Modern typography: an essay in critical history
by Robin Kinross
Unjustified texts: perspectives on typography
by Robin Kinross
Das Detail in der Typografie
by Jost Hochuli
Typography
by Emil Ruder
Idea Magazine - Ruder typography Ruder philosophy
by Helmut Schmid
Grid systems in Graphic Design
by Josef Müller-Brokmann
Designing Programmes: Programme as Typeface, Typography, Picture, Method
by Karl Gerstner
Max Bill: Typography, Advertising, Book
by Gerd Fleischmann, Hans R Bosshard and Christoph Bignens
Design, Typography etc.: A Handbook
by Damien and Claire Gautier
Detailtypografie (German)
by Ralf de Jong and Friedrich Forssman
Lesetypographie (German)
by Friedrich Forssman and Hans Peter Willberg
Emigre No. 70 the Look Back Issue
Selections from Emigre Magazine 1-69. Celebrating 25 Years of Graphic Design
by Rudy VanderLans
30 Years of Swiss Typographic Discourse in the Typografische Monatsblätter
TM RSI SGM 1960–90
by Louise Paradis with Roland Früh and François Rappo
Letraset: The DIY Typography Revolution
by Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy
I D E N T I T Y
Corporate Diversity
Swiss Graphic Design and Advertising by Geigy 1940–1970
by Andres Janser, Barbara Junod
Anton Stankowski - Free and Applied: 1925–1995
by Stephan von Wiese
Lufthansa und Graphic Design
by Jens Müller and Karen Weiland
Manuals 1: Design + Identity Guidelines
by Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook
Manuals 2: Design + Identity Guidelines
by Adrian Shaughnessy and Tony Brook
TD 63–73
by Tony Brook and Adrian Shaughnessy
D E S I G N
Designing Design
by Kenya Hara
Super Normal
by Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison
Design as Art
by Bruno Munari
HfG Ulm
by Jens Müller
Dieter Rams: As Little Design as Possible
by Sophie Lovell
Works that work 1-10
by Peter Bilak
Blind Maps and Blue Dots
The Blurring of the Producer-User Divide in the Production of Visual Information
by Joost Grootens
Last updated 2023
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