Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting
This would be very nice! In the case this is to happen, I would suggest to add the following tow books to the list: Jan Tschichold. Ausgew\ahlte Aufs\atze \uber die Fragen der Gestalt des Buches und der Typographie. Birkh\auser Verlag Basel 2. Auflage. ISBN-3-7643-1946-1 Some of the articles contained in this book, which is in German, are translated into Ducht and English. Phil Baines Adnrew Haslam. Type typography.Laurence King Publishing Ltd London. 2002 ISBN-1-85669-244-2. Apparently there is a new publication Thinking with type by Ellen Lupton at Princeton Architectural Press. 2004. http://www.papress.com/bookpage.tpl?isbn=1568984480 and http://www.thinkingwithtype.com/ A small book (156 p. 20 USD) Willi h h extern wrote: Nikolai Weibull wrote: Hi! I was wondering if anyone has any books to recommend, mainly in the area of typesetting, i.e., on TeX, typography, and so on. i have a bunch but i have to admit that i'm more a browser than a reader; it's on my to do list to make a list of them maybe we can compile a nice list of books with 'readers comments'; if someone collects them i can turn them into a (nice looking) document; it would also make a nice test for bibtex Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
RE: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting
Here is a start: http://members.aol.com/willadams/books-typography.html http://members.aol.com/willadams/books-free-type.html If you only get one get The Elements of Typographic Style. Bringhurst, Robert. Best Idris = Original Message From mailing list for ConTeXt users [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi! I was wondering if anyone has any books to recommend, mainly in the area of typesetting, i.e., on TeX, typography, and so on. Professor Idris Samawi Hamid Department of Philosophy Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523 ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting
Am 28.11.2004 um 20:24 schrieb Nikolai Weibull: I was wondering if anyone has any books to recommend, mainly in the area of typesetting, i.e., on TeX, typography, and so on. If you can read german you should have a look at Lesetypographie by Hans Peter Willberg Friedrich Forssman, Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz. And nearly every other book by this authors and their publisher (www.typographie.de)... ;-) Grüßlis vom Hraban! --- http://www.fiee.net/texnique/ http://contextgarden.net ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting
Nikolai Weibull wrote: I have also been looking for books by Hermann Zapf, but most seem to be out of print and very, very expensive where available; anyone know if they are worth their steep prices? nikolai His books (and fonts) are real great! I wish i had them all. Keep in mind that typography is not per definition the same as typesetting; for instance his book covers and posters are good examples of 'playing with type', which is not what tex is often used for Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting
Nikolai Weibull wrote: Hi! I was wondering if anyone has any books to recommend, mainly in the area of typesetting, i.e., on TeX, typography, and so on. i have a bunch but i have to admit that i'm more a browser than a reader; it's on my to do list to make a list of them maybe we can compile a nice list of books with 'readers comments'; if someone collects them i can turn them into a (nice looking) document; it would also make a nice test for bibtex Hans - Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: 038 477 53 69 | fax: 038 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com | www.pragma-pod.nl - ___ ntg-context mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
