Below you will find a list of books and online readings for our class.

Required Reading:
Typographic Design: Form and Communication.
Carter/Day/Meggs/Maxa/Sanders

Suggested Reading List
Some of the books listed below are on reserve at the Dana Library.
Jan Tschichold: Typographer by Ruari McLean
Manual of Typographic Design by Ruari McLean
Experimenta Typographica by Willem Sandberg
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Emigre (The Book) Graphic Design into the Digital Realm by R. Vanderlans & Z. Licko
The Graphic Edge by Rick Poynor
Typography Now:The Next Wave by Rick Poynor
Concrete Poetry: A World View Mary Ellen Solt
Concrete Poetry: A Study in Metaphor Visible Language Summer ’74
French Currents of The Letter Visible Language Summer ’78
Pioneers of Modern Typography by Herbert Spencer
The Liberated Page by Herbert Spencer
The Visible Word by Herbert Spencer
Typography: A Manual of Design by Emil Ruder
Expressive Typography: The Word as Image by Kimberly Elam
American Typography Today by Rob Carter
Design With Type by Carl Dair
Asymmetric Typography by Jan Tschichold
The New Typography by Jan Tschichold
Typographic Communications Today by Edward Gottschall
Typography by Aaron Burns
Modern Typography by Robin Kinross
Calligrammes by Guillaume Apollinaire
Thoughts on Design by Paul Rand
A Designers Art by Paul Rand
Design, Form and Chaos by Paul Rand
From Lascaux to Brooklyn by Paul Rand
The Art of Graphic Design by Bradbury Thompson
Bruno Munari: Design as Art by Aldo Tanchis
Bruno Monguzzi: A Designer’s Perspective by Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo
Herb Lubalin: Art Director, Designer, Typographer by Snyder/Peckolick
Dorfsman and CBS by Dick Hess & Marion Muller
Armin Hofmann: His Work Quest and Philosophy by Armin Hofmann
Graphic Design Manual by Armin Hofmann
Milton Glaser Graphic Design by Jean Michel Folon
Pentagram: The Compendium by Pentagram Partners
April Greiman Does It Make Sense Design Quarterly 133
Hybrid Imagery; The Fusion of Technology and Graphic Design by April Greiman
Women in Design: A Contemporary View by Liz McQuiston
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody I and II by Jon Wozencroft
Radical Modernism by Dan Friedman
Type and Image: The Language of Graphic Design by Philip Meggs
Graphic Design Processes by Kenneth J. Hiebert
Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works by Erik Spiekermann & E.M. Ginger
An Essay on Typography by Eric Gill
Problems of Design by George Nelson
Nelson On Design by George Nelson
George Nelson: The Design of  Modern Design by Stanley Abercrombie
By Design by Ralph Caplan
Josef Muller-Brockmann by Lars Muller
Conceptual Blockbusting by James Adams
The Mind Map Book by Tony and Barry Buzan
Visual Explanations: Images and Quantities, Evidence and Narrative by Edward Tufte
Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information by Edward Tufte
Lateral Thinking: Creativity Step by Step by Edward deBono
Think by Edward deBono
Experiences in Visual Thinking by Robert H. McKim