Which book on fonts and typography should you read?

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ahiskali2010-10-28 19:26:22

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ahiskali, 2010-10-28 19:26:22

I recently realized that I pay a lot of attention to fonts. I can tell that I like one font and not another, but I can't explain it. Now it became interesting for me to read about fonts, but not fragmentary information, but something more.
Please recommend a book on fonts (or typography in general) to a person who is just starting to get interested in it. I think that one of the first tips will be something from Lebedev advised, but I don’t know what exactly.

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Vladislav, 2010-10-29
@click0

Style Basics in Typography (djvu) (4.5 mb) ( download ) - Robert Bringhurst
Typography. Design guide (pdf) (5.1 mb (+3%)) ( download ) — Emil Ruder
Typography: font, layout, design (djvu) (5.1 mb (+3%)) ( download ) — James Felici

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kefirux, 2010-10-28
@kefirux

Yuri Gordon "A book about letters from Aa to Yaya"

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shsmad, 2010-10-28
@shsmad

A. Korolkova "Live typography"
www.alivetypography.ru/

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pomeo, 2010-10-28
@pomeo

Felici "Typography: font, layout, design" really liked it, I don't know, but I just stayed somewhere else or not

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Vladimir Chernyshev, 2010-10-29
@VolCh

For general development, the chapter on text and fonts in D. Kirsanov's book "Web Design" was enough for me

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Dmitry, 2010-10-29
@mezastel

Take FontBook - this is a catalog from FontFont. Also, if you fill out a form on their website, they will send you a catalog with updates every year.
PS I love fonts myself, so if you want to chat - welcome to the PM.