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 articl

Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting

2004-11-28 Thread Nikolai Weibull
* h h extern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Nov 28, 2004 22:20]: > > 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? > His books (and fonts) are real great! I wish i had t

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 ni

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
Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: 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 & Frie

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 Herm

Re: [NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting

2004-11-28 Thread Adam Lindsay
Nikolai Weibull said this at Sun, 28 Nov 2004 20:24:18 +0100: >I am thinking of getting "The Complete Manual of Typography" by James >Felici, which seems to be a very good book on the subject. I'm a fan of Bringhurst's "The Elements of Typographic Style." I know some people don't think much of it

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 PROTECT

[NTG-context] Recommended Books on Typesetting

2004-11-28 Thread Nikolai Weibull
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. Personally, I can recommend Donald E. Knuth's "The TeXbook" and also his book on MetaFont. I am thinking of getting "The Complete Manual of Typography" by James Felic