Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works coverStop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
by Erik Spiekermann

An entertaining and educational look from one of the world’s most outspoken designers, covering all the basics of designing with type, but also many topics with less discourse devoted to them like choosing appropriate typefaces to evoke the right connotation, and understanding the smaller details of typefaces and how they affect the communication (or miscommunication) through their use.

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