There are two types of typography – expressive typography (where type is used as a visual element) and functional typography (type that is meant to be read).
Emmy Award-winning designer Chris Do’s Typography Manual focuses on the latter and shares 10 golden rules to help you improve your type skills.
Vietnam-based designer Leo Dinh has created an animated version of Do’s Manual that uses motion graphics to explain the typography rules in an excellent, easy-to-comprehend manner.
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Great books to learn more about typography:
• Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
• Josef Muller Brockman Des
• Designing with Type, 5th Edition: The Essential Guide to Typography
• The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0
• The Typography Idea Book: Inspiration from 50 Masters (Type, Fonts, Graphic Design)
• Design, Typography etc.: A Handbook
• On the Road to Variable: The Flexible Future of Typography
• The Visual History of Type: A visual survey of 320 typefaces
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