Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting

2004-11-29 Thread Willi Egger
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

RE: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting

2004-11-28 Thread ishamid
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

Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting

2004-11-28 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
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

Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting

2004-11-28 Thread h h extern
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

Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting

2004-11-28 Thread h h extern
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