A question for the typographers out there

[Chris49]

Hay all, as of late I have been doing some logo design and am looking for a real good Typography book. I'm looking for a book with a wide range of different Type solutions and with lots of pictures. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

[Jaygre]

Chris - I found this: http://www.redsun.com/type/ It has a surprising number of links and good info, as far as I can tell.

[ldg40]

I just recently fervently read and re-read the Oct/Nov issue of Dynamic Graphics mag. I'd say over 2/3rds of it was dedicated to Typography. If you can get a hold of an issue, it has more resources than I could ever type in!

[PDG]

[QUOTE=Chris49]Hay all, as of late I have been doing some logo design and am looking for a real good Typography book. I'm looking for a book with a wide range of different Type solutions and with lots of pictures. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)[/QUOTE]

If you have the time, I'd recommend running down to the local library and looking up old typography and/or type-setting books. Specifically the ones used for setting up book/newspaper layouts. There's a lot of knowledge from the past (hand-painting windows, signs, etc) that hasn't been properly passed down and is recorded in these books.

If all else fails, let the blogging help you out.

Marc Simonson (http://www.ms-studio.com/articles.html)

Mark Boulton (http://www.markboulton.co.uk/journal/comments/five_simple_steps_to_better_typography)

Useable Type (http://usabletype.com/)

And I only found these great sites with the help of Furl. (http://www.furl.net/search.jsp?enc=UTF-8&chn=splash&src=4&keyword=typography&x=0&y=0)

Good luck, buddy!

[Scott]

The "Cool Type" series of books are pretty inspiring as well.

Great links PDG

[Chris49]

Thanks For all the suggestions guys, It's truly appreciated. Those blogs look like they have a massive amount of knowledge I'm going to have to speend some time with them, Thanks PDG :)

[reddaisy]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1873968426/104-2402353-1851167?v=glance&n=283155

still amazingly to the point...
cheers
tom

[Jaygre]

Hi reddaisy - haven't seen you around for awhile - welcome back :)

[Chris49]

oh yeh thats exactaly it, thanks reddaisy :)

[ldg40]

Yeah! Hi ya Reddaisy! :waving: Good to see ya back!

[reddaisy]

Hi people
It's work that keeps me from wandering along the internet streets. Still, nothing more interesting than nosing around here!

The blogs pdg sent are very good.

Cheers
Tom