Do you want to know everything there is to know about Typography? From the best books possible? We spent several hours researching books about typography. What books get recommended more than others? And is a few books maybe recommended by all the experts? What we have here is a list of recommended books in a prioritized order.
We reviewed more than 151 books on typography from more than 19 sources.
The result is a list of 10 amazingly beautiful and interesting books about typography. The best book on Typography is “Thinking with Type” – with a 37% recommendation rate – meaning that 37% of the sources we reviewed recommended this book for info about Typography.
#1 Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students
recommended by 37%
#2 The Elements Of Typographic Style
recommended by 34%
#3 Just My Type: A Book About Fonts
recommended by 32%
#4 The Anatomy Of Type: A Graphic Guide To 100 Typefaces
recommended by 13%
#5 Designing With Type
recommended by 13%
#6 An Essay On Typography
recommended by 8%
#7 Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
recommended by 8%
#8 On Web Typography
recommended by 8%
#9 Why Fonts Matter
recommended by 8%
#10 Scripts: Elegant Lettering From Design’s Golden Age
recommended by 8%
#11 The Evolution Of Type: A Graphic Guide To 100 Landmark Typefaces
recommended by 8%
#12 Jan Tschichold And The New Typography: Graphic Design Between The World Wars
recommended by 8%
#13 Typographie: A Manual Of Design
recommended by 8%
#14 The Complete Manual Of Typography: A Guide To Setting Perfect Type
recommended by 8%
