LibGuides: .Visual Communication Design Subject Guide: Type & Layout

Typography & Layout

Thinking with Type
The companion website to the book by Ellen Lupton.
Designing with Type
Devoted to the art and appreciation of typography. Offers a unique typographic resource for students, educators, and professionals, showcasing talent from around the world.
TypeCulture
An educational aid for students, educators and professionals who are seeking information about the history, design, manufacture and use of typefaces.
I Love Typography
A blog that seeks to bring the study of typography to the masses.
Lucidchart
Draw flow charts, wireframes, mind maps, org charts, UML diagrams, and more with just a few clicks. Free accounts for students and teachers.
Kerntype
An online interactive game that teaches the principles of kerning.
Parts of a Character
An interactive public art project that allows for experimentation with letterforms.
type connection - a typography dating game

Type foundries

Obtain ready-made typefaces.

Chank Fonts
Typeface design company.
Emigre Fonts
Typeface design company.
FontFont
Browse a large library of original contemporary typefaces from multiple designers.
FontShop
Browse a large library of original contemporary typefaces from multiple designers.
Hoefler & Frere-Jones
Typeface design company.
House Industries
Typeface design company.
My Fonts
Browse a large library of original contemporary typefaces from multiple designers. Provides tools for matching or identifying fonts from image files.
P22
Typeface design company.

Online & Downloadable Books

Free PDF books on Type and other Design Fundamentals
PDF books on page layout, typography, infographics, color and more from award-winning designer Jan V. White.

Typography and Layout

Thinking with Type by Ellen Lupton
Call Number: E-Book (ebrary)
ISBN: 9781568989693
Publication Date: 2010
The definitive guide to using typography in visual communication, from the printed page to the computer screen.
Graphic Design the New Basics by Ellen Lupton; Jennifer Cole Phillips
Call Number: E-Book (ebrary)
ISBN: 1568987706
Publication Date: 2008
Shows how to build interest and complexity around simple relationships between formal elements of two-dimensional design such as point, line, plane, scale, hierarchy, layers, and transparency.
Designing with Type: a basic course in typography by James Craig
Call Number: Z250 .C88 1980
ISBN: 0823013219
The Elements of Graphic Design by Alex W. White
Call Number: Z246 .W56 2002
ISBN: 1581152507
Grid Systems: principles of organizing type by Kimberly Elam
Call Number: Z246 .E534 2004
ISBN: 1568984650
Filled with extensive research and more than 100 informative examples, this book demonstrates a step-by-step approach to typographic composition.
Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Call Number: Z246 .B74 1999
ISBN: 0881791334
Making and Breaking the Grid by Timothy Samara
Call Number: Z246 .S23 2002
ISBN: 1564968936
A practical workshop in traditional layout design and a bold and inspirational guide to breaking the rules.
Paul Rand: A Designer's Art by Paul Rand
Call Number: NK1510 .R35 1985
ISBN: 0300034830
Typographic Design by Ronald A. Carter
Call Number: Z253 .C32 1993
ISBN: 0442007590
Revival of the Fittest by Philip B. Meggs (Editor); Roy McKelvey (Editor)
Call Number: Z250 .R45 2000
ISBN: 1883915082
Digital versions of classic type faces are compared to their metal-type originals and presented through imaginative applications in magazines, ads, books, and posters by outstanding contemporary graphic designers.
Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann; E. M. Ginger
Call Number: Z250 .S738 1993
ISBN: 0672485435
Explains what type is, how to select it, and how to use it to improve the reader's communication.
The Complete Manual of Typography by James Felici
Call Number: Z250 .F44 2003
ISBN: 0321127307
This book is about how type should look and how to make it look that way; in other words, how to set type like a professional.
Layout Workbook by Kristen Cullen
ISBN: 1592533523
Publication Date: 2007
Illuminates the broad category of layout, communicating specifically what it takes to design with excellence.
Designing Type by Karen Cheng
ISBN: 0300111509
Publication Date: 2006
A specific and comprehensive guide to type design.
Anatomy of A Typeface by Alexander Lawson
ISBN: 0879233338
The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography by Ruari McLean
Call Number: Z244.3 .M45 1988
ISBN: 0500680221
The New Typography by Jan Tschichold
Call Number: Z116 .T7513 1995
ISBN: 0520071468
A Type Primer by John Kane
ISBN: 9780205066445
Publication Date: 2011

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