Type design Literature?

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I’m looking for a type design book for beginners, gladly also for professionals.
Can anyone recommend a book, preferably in German?

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  • Best thing to start is probably Sofie Beier’s Type Tricks. Her Reading Letters is to an intro to type design but to legibility research, and has proven very useful for (advanced) type design.
  • @Martina_Flor’s book is about Lettering, but has a lot in to that is useful for getting started in type design.
  • Thomas Maier wrote a handy book in German, Fonts formen.
  • @Laura_Meseguer’s and @TypeTogether’s book is not available in German
  • Gerard Unger wrote a few books, I translated one in German, Wie man’s liest. Spare copies available through the tga.

And one day, I will convert my handouts into a book, though I have been saying that for years now already. I can send you the German version of the PDF if you like.

Contact me on DM, also if you want Thomas Maier’s and the German translation of Gerard Unger’s book. I’ll hook you up with the right people.

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I rely a lot on Karen Cheng’s Designing Type. It’s in English, but it’s maybe 80% visual to 20% text, so perhaps not so bad if your English is a bit slow.

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I think, this book could be helpfull:
Anatomie der Buchstaben by Karen Cheng

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Hello! Thanks for the mention.
The book is available in English, hopefully it will be useful for you!

best

Laura

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Oh, excellent! Anatomie der Buchstaben is the same book as Designing Type.