typotypotypo!

i spent my entire wee hours of the
morning reading through typo books
as insomnia sunk in deep preventing
my eyes from shutting. sometimes, i
really wonder whether it's the insomnia
or my constant ticking brain that keeps
me widely awake hungry for knowledge.

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anyways, for typo-amateurs i strongly
recommend two books i've read thus far.

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01. TYPOGRAPHY by ambrose/harris




a brief glimpse into typography,
and a very easy read, lots of visuals
to engage the designer eye in all of us.

02. GETTING IT RIGHT WITH TYPE by victoria squire



clear and concise, lots of comparisons of type and
room for the critic in you to be the judge of type.
despite little visuals it manages to pull you in.

my favorite witty paragraph inside the book?


"There are no binding recipes for type combinations.
It is a matter of typographic sensitivity and experience.
Expert typographers, as well as careless amateurs,
permit themselves combinations that would horrify
colleagues with more traditional sympathies"

ahas (:

(clickformore)


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enjoy the read!