Students and professionals in any creative field can benefit
from a good typographic eye. The Geometry of Type The Anatomy of
Type in the US is all about looking more closely at letters.
Through visual diagrams and practical descriptions, you''ll learn
how to distinguish between related typefaces and see how the
attributes of letterforms such as contrast, detail, and
proportion affect the mood, readability, and use of each typeface.
Nutritional value aside, the spreads full of big type are
Stephen Coles is a writer and typographer living
in Oakland and Berlin. After six years at FontShop San Francisco as
a creative director, he now publishes the websites Typographica,
Fonts In Use, and The Mid-Century Modernist. He is also a regular
contributor to Print and Codex magazines, a Type Camp instructor,
and a member of the FontFont TypeBoard.