Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
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A guide to typography. It draws in the reader with its design and layout, making use of more than 200 illustrations and photographs. It explains in everyday layman's terms what type is and how you can use it to enhance legibility, meaning, and aesthetic enjoyment. It also includes chapters on Web typography and other forms of online text display.
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Was more of a casual coffee-table book than I was expecting but still served as a decent intro to the topic with lots of visual aids. I also felt that it curiously never fully explained the reference/joke of the title — they mention letterspacing as a noun but not a verb..
