Book of the Week: Thinking with Type

14 Jun 2016

This week I read thinking with type, because it was recommended by the author of 100 Days of Childhood Memories. This is a book on visual communication that is divided into three sections: type, text and grid. You start with the basic unit, type, and move up from there. The book goes through the history of fonts and their development. Italic font refers to font from Italy that was designed to mimic handwriting. I also learned that uppercase and lowercase referred to the physical cases where print blocks were stored. I wish I had this book when I was laying out my cookbook. Know I know why certain student scientific magazines look like crap while other profession popular magazines look awesome. The appendix is also great, because it tells when to use em-dash and en-dash and hyphen and gives you what all the editing notation means as well as other good tips. Design books are hard to talk about unless you actually read it and look at the page as you read it. It makes so much sense when you see the actual page in front on you and how the spacings and justification change how the words feel. Great book for anyone publishing a book. Purchase thinking with type on Amazon.com or check it out from your local library.