Books on graphic design
(
&
and
typography)
Mapping graphic design history in Switzerland
Robert Lzicar, Davide Fornari
Triest
The graphic artist and his design problems
Josef Müller-Brockmann
Niggli
The eternal letter: two millennia of the classical roman capital
Paul Shaw
The MIT Press
Schrofer Sketches
Frederike Huygen
Lecturis
Can jokes bring down governments?
Metahaven
Strelka Press
The anatomy of type
Stephen Coles
Harper Design
The triumph of typography
Henk Hoeks, Ewan Lentjes
Terra
Unjustified texts: perspectives on typography
Robin Kinross
Hyphen Press
What is a designer: things, places, messages
Norman Potter
Hyphen Press
Logo modernism
Jens Muller, R. Roger Remington
Taschen
A small conversation about things we’ve always wondered about but never understood
Lorenzo Mason, Marco Campardo
Tankboys
The elements of typographic style
Robert Bringhurst
Hartley & Marks
Essential type
Tony Seddon
Yale University Press
Detailtypografie
Friedrich Forssman, Ralf de Jong
Hermann Schmidt
Otl Aicher
Markus Rathgeb
Phaidon
Lesetypografie
Friedrich Forssman,
Hans Peter Willberg
Hermann Schmidt
De vorm van tekst
Jan Middendorp
Lannoo
Typographie:
a manual of design
Emil Ruder
Niggli
Simplicity: a matter of design
Per Mollerup
BIS
Design as art
Bruno Munari
Penguin Classics
Animal logo, trademarks & symbols
Counter Print
Grid systems in graphic design
Josef Müller-Brockmann
Niggli
Graphic stamps:
the miniature beauty of postage stamps
Tony Brook, Adrian Shaughnessy
United Editions
Helvetica forever: story of a typeface
Lars Müller, Victor Malsy
Lars Müller Publishers
Max Bill
Typografie. Reklame. Buchgestaltung.
Gerd Fleischmann, Hans Rudolf Bosshard, Christoph Bignens
Niggli
Wie ich Bücher gestalte
Friedrich Forssman
Wallstein
Josef Müller-Brockmann: pioneer of Swiss graphic design
Lars Müller
Lars Müller Publishers
Trinite and Lexicon: the typefaces designed by Bram de Does
Bram de Does
De Buitenkant
Jurriaan Schrofer:
restless typographer
Frederike Huyge, Tony Brook, Adrian Shaughnessy
United Editions
An initiation in typography
Anne Denastas, Camille Gallet
Niggli
The stroke: theory of writing
Gerrit Noordzij
Hyphen Press
Grondbeginselen der typografie
Stanley Morrison
De Buitenkant
Designing books: practice and theory
Jost Hochuli, Robin Kinross
Hyphen Press
Detail in typography
Jost Hochuli
Éditions B42
Manuals 1:
design & identity guidelines
Tony Brook, Adrian Shaughnessy, Sarah Schrauwen
United Editions
Programme entwerfen / Designing Programmes
Karl Gerstner
Lars Müller Publishers
Bodoni. Manual of typography
Stephan Füssel
Taschen
Rhetoric of logos:
a primer for visual language
Eduard Helmann
Niggli
Stop stealing sheep & find out how type works
Erik Spiekermann, E.M. Ginger
Pearson
Modern typography: an essay in critical history
Robin Kinross
Hyphen Press
Counterpunch: making type in the 16th century, designing typefaces now
Fred Smeijers
Hyphen Press
Letter fountain
Joep Pohlen
Taschen
De proporties van
het boek
Jan Tschichold
De Buitenkant
The typographic desk reference
Theo Rosendorf
Oak Knoll
Jost Hochuli: printed matter, mainly books
Robin Kinross, Hans Peter Willberg, Jost Hochuli
Niggli
Reading letters: designing for legibility
Sofie Beier
BIS
Le monde comme projet
Otl Aicher
Éditions B42
The typographic grid
Hans Rudolf Bosshard
Niggli
The Vignelli canon
Massimo Vignelli
Lars Müller Publishers
Shaping text
Jan Middendorp
BIS
Gestaltung, Typografie etc.
Ein Handbuch
Damien Gautier, Claire Gautier
Niggli
Le trait: une théorie de l'écriture
Gerrit Noordzij
Ypsilon Éditeur
Ausgewahlte Aufsatze Uber Fragen Der Gestalt Des Buches Und Der Typographie
Jan Tschichold
Birkhäuser
Adrian Frutiger typefaces: the complete works
Heidrun Osterer, Philipp Stamm
Birkhäuser
Kompendium für Alphabeten Systematik der Schrift
Karl Gerstner
Niggli
L’abécédaire d’un typographe
Jost Hochuli, Gerrit Noordzij
Éditions B42
Letters of credit:
a view of type design
Walter Tracy
David R. Godine
Helvetica: homage to a typeface
Lars Müller
Lars Müller Publishers
Das Detail in der Typografie
Jost Hochuli
Niggli
Pioneers of modern typography
Herbert Spencer
The MIT Press
The form of the book: essays on the morality of good design
Jan Tschichold
Hartley & Marks
Max Bill / Jan Tschichold:
la querelle typographique des modernes
Hans Rudolf Bosshard
Éditions B42
Rhyme and reason:
a typographical novel
Erik Spiekermann
H. Berthold AG
61 books with black type on white cover
Bernd Kuchenbeiser
Niggli
On book design
Richard Hendel
Yale University Press
Tschichold in St. Gallen
Jost Hochuli
Wallstein
Pendant la lecture
Gerard Unger
Éditions B42
Postage stamp designs from Kafka to Loriot
Hans Günter Schmitz
Niggli
Bekannte unbekannte: grafikdesign in Österreich
Nora Stögerer
Triest
Types we can make
Ecal
Shady characters:
the secret life of punctuation, symbols, and other typographical marks
Keith Houston
W. W. Norton & Company
Le détail en typographie
Jost Hochuli
Éditions B42
Thinking with type
Ellen Lupton
Princeton Architectural Press
Helmut Salden: letterontwerper en boekverzorger
Katja Vranken, Gerrit Noordzij
NAI010
Les contrepoinçons
Fred Smeijers
Éditions B42
Ladislav Sutnar: visual design in action
Steven Heller, Reto Caduff
Lars Müller Publishers
Das ABC eines Typografen
Jost Hochuli
VGS–SG
Ben Bos. Design of a lifetime.
Paul Hefting
BIS
Gerd Arntz, graphic designer
Gerd Arntz, Ed Annink
NAI010
Otto Neurath, the language of the global polis
Nader Vossoughian
NAI010