7 Best Design Books on Typography

Top type resources to indulge your inner font geek

Typography is a powerful and flexible tool for designers. It has the power to evoke the right voice, association and even make things seem easier to understand. Great type allows the user to focus on content and makes make language visible.

Here is a short list of the top typography design resources to help you upgrade your type skills:

Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Ellen Lupton)

A classic introduction to type.

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (Erik Spiekermann)

A design classic, recently updated with new info on web typography.

The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces (Stephen Cole)

An interesting and useful visual resource.

On Web Typography (Jason Santa Maria)

On how to relate typography principles to the context of the web.

Why Fonts Matter (Sarah Hyndman)

An engaging book on the impact of type on our feelings and senses.

Designing with Type: The Essential Guide to Typography (James Craig)

This is considered the industry standard typography book with an online companion site.

The Elements of Typographic Style

Intro to type by one of Canada’s most highly regarded typographers.

Bonus

Try these typography games to sharpen your skills

Typewar

Put your typeface identification skills to the test. Feeling confident? Try this.

Kern me

A kerning game.

Type Connection

A game which challenges you to make the best font pairing.

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