The Anatomy of Type: A Graphic Guide to 100 Typefaces

Excellent resource
This is a beautiful, logical, analytical, practical and informative book. For any student of typography, this is worth buying and keeping. Nice little bits of the history of the fonts. It includes an in-depth look at typefaces with an esthetic AND functional approach. Included are large samples that show all the subtle details of the face; serifs, bracketing, terminals, strokes etc. with comparisons to other faces that have similar characteristics. Much of typography is about how a face looks when it’s applied, whether it’s printed or displayed electronically, what looks better in different sizes, on different papers etc. The author talks about that as well as the emotional effect the type has. Highly recommended!

wonderfully clear and comprehensive
wonderfully clear and comprehensive

Beautiful typefaces, beautifully presented – a useful book for those getting acquainted with type
The book showcases modern typefaces with suggested examples for use. I like the emphasis on letter characteristics, which gives you a starting point for examining other typefaces. Highly recommended for student typographers.

A great guide to some of the most popular typefaces
Looking for a typeface for a project and wondering what the options might be? Want an in-depth analysis of 100 of the most popular and useful type faces? Consider this book as a great option.The introductory ” Anatomy of type” and discussion of type classification is most informative if, like me, you have an interest in type but not necessarily any serious training in typefaces. I came away understanding a lot more about type than when i started.I found may old favorites here but also many typefaces i did not know. Best of all, each one comes with a detailed description of the strengths and weaknesses of each one and when you might want to use it.For those typefaces I already (thought) I knew, the summary information was extremely well done, condensing probably most or all of the historical context and background information as well pointers for using the face into a few paras.The way the book is organised makes it easy to pin down the choices for your particular need and review the best options.My only beef is that while each typeface is illustrated with one ech of the caps, lowercase, numbers and some glyphs, i would have liked to see a block of text to illustrate how the typeface looks as body text. I couldn’t imaging make a choice for body text without looking carefully at how it flows across the page over a few paragraphs. The book doesnt provide this which i think is a shame. If you are really going to move to a new typeface, and probably spend some money buying it, I think you need a decent demo first, more than an up-close view of the key letter forms at medium and very large sizes. .Not to say the face is not analyses in great detail up close – it is. Theres just no way you can get a good idea of the typeface at body text size in a typical paragraph setting.Still, I recommend this if you have serious choices to make about typeface selection, would like some great inspiration or just have a healthy interest in type. I expect you will get years of value.

this book bring with many examples of types and form of letters, quality and so recomendable, if you want to learn more about types, this is the book!!

este é um ótimo livro, adorei minha aquisição, muito obrigado a t o d o s o s e n v o l v i d o s