This is a list of the references I use for playing "Font-spotting" and for learning more about typefaces, styles, designers and the history of typographic design. The list is not in any particular order at this time, although most of the frequently used items are higher in the list .
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| Type Navigator - The Independent Foundries Handbook | Jan Middendorp & TwoPoints.net |
Gestalten, Berlin - 2011 |
| Font Book - Digital Typeface Compendium - 2006 | Mai-Linh Thi Truong, Jürgen Siebert, Erik Spiekermann |
FSI - Font Shop International - 2006 |
| Font Book - Digital Typeface Compendium (with FontFinder) | Mai-Linh Thi Truong, Jürgen Siebert, Erik Spiekermann |
FSI - Font Shop International - 1998 |
| Typeface Catalog A-Z - Linotype (Mergenthaler 2nd Edition) | Linotype GmbH Staff |
Linotype GmbH - 2006 |
| Rookledge's International Type Finder | Christopher Perfect & Gordon Rookledge |
Sarema Press - 1983 |
| Encyclopaedia of Type Faces | W. Pincus Jaspert, W. Turner Berry, A.F. Johnson |
Blandford Press - 1983 |
| Encyclopaedia of Fonts | Gwyn Headley |
Cassell Illustrated - 2005 |
| Precision Type Font Reference Guide - Version 5.0 | Jeff Level, Bruce Newman, Brenda Newman |
Precision Type Inc. - 1995 |
| Dutch Type | Jan Middendorp |
010 Publishers. - 2004 |
| 1000 Fonts - An Illustrated Guide to Finding the Right Typeface | Edited by Bob Gordon; Text by Graham Davis, Robin Dodd, and Keith Martin |
Chronicle Books - 2009 |
| SANS SERIF - The Ultimate Sourcebook of Classic and Contemporary Sans Serif Typography | Cees W. De Jong |
Thames & Hudson - 2004 |
| Indie Fonts 3 - A Compendium of Digital Type from Independent Foundries | Richard Kegler, James Grieshaber & Tamye Riggs |
Rockport Publications - 2007 |
| Indie Fonts 2 - A Compendium of Digital Type from Independent Foundries | Richard Kegler, James Grieshaber & Tamye Riggs |
P-Type Publications - 2003 |
| Indie Fonts - A Compendium of Digital Type from Independent Foundries | Richard Kegler, James Grieshaber & Tamye Riggs |
P-Type Publications - 2002 |
| Schreibschriften - Script Types | Michael Rau & Rosemarie Kloos-Rau |
F. Bruckmann KG - 1993 [Gift of 'Per Etz'] |
| Type Style Finder - The Busy Designer's Guide to Choosing Type | Timothy Samara |
Rockport Publishers - 2006 |
| Modern Encyclopedia of Typefaces - 1960-90 | Lawrence W. Wallis |
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1990 |
| Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles - Volume 1 - 1628 to 1900 | Cees W. de Jong, Alston W. Purvis & Jan Tholenaar |
Taschen - 2009 |
| Typoshere - New Fonts to Make You Think | Pilar Cano & Marta Serrats |
Collins Design - 2007 |
| Typography - An Encyclopedic Survey of Type Design and Techniques Throughout History | Friedrich Friedl, Nicholas Ott & Bernard Stein |
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers - 1998 |
| Alphabet Thesaurus - Vol.3 - A Treasury of Letter Design | Edward Rondthaler |
Photo-Lettering, Inc - 1971 |
| Alphabet Thesaurus - Vol.2 | Edward Rondthaler |
Photo-Lettering, Inc - 1965 |
| Alphabet Thesaurus Nine Thousand - A Manual of Alphabet Styles and Selected Derivatives Cross-indexed with a Weight Comparator | Edward Rondthaler |
Photo-Lettering, Inc - 1960 |
| The Solotype Catalog of 4,147 Display Typefaces | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1992 |
| American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century - Second, Revised Edition | Mac McGrew |
Oak Knoll Books - 1993 |
| Techni-Process Lettering Catalog (Soft cover comb-bound - 320 pp) | Techni-Process |
Hayes-Lochner Inc, Chicago, IL - 1969 |
| Techni-Process Lettering Catalog (Looseleaf, Hard cover binder - 430 pp) | Techni-Process |
Typographic Service, Inc, Philadelphia, PA - 1967 [Gift of Stuart Sandler] |
| Printing Types: Their History, Forms and Use (2 volumes) | Daniel Berkeley Updike |
Dover Publications - 1980 (Reprint of Harvard University Press Second Edition (1937)) |
| Monsentype/Photodisplay | Monsen Typographers Staff |
Monsen Typographers Inc - 1970 |
| Free Fonts! Designer Fonts Online - The Best Fonts Money Can't Buy | Kathleen Ziegler, Nick Greco & Tamye Riggs |
Watson-Guptill Publications - 2002 |
| The International Type Book | Studio Editions, with Foreward by Adrian Frutiger |
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1990 |
| Font Bureau Type Specimens - 2nd Edition | Font Bureau Staff |
Font Bureau, Inc. - 1997 |
| Font Bureau Type Specimens - 3rd Edition | Font Bureau Staff |
Font Bureau, Inc. - 2001 |
| The Concise Guide to Type Identification | Vincent F. Apicella, Joanna V. Pomeranz, Nancy G. Wiatt |
Design Press - 1990 |
| emotional_digital - A Sourcebook of Contemporary Typographics | Alexander Branczyk, Jutta Nachtwey, Heike Nehl, Sibylle Schlaich & Jürgen Siebert |
Thames & Hudson Inc - 1999 |
| Twentieth Century Type Designers | Sebastian Carter |
W.W. Norton - 1995 |
| American Type Design & Designers | David Consuegra |
Allworth Press - 2004 |
| Typographic Design: Form and Communication - 2nd Edition | Rob Carter, Ben Day & Philip Meggs |
John Wiley & Sons - 1993 |
| Language Culture Type - International Type Design in the Age of Unicode | John D. Berry, editor |
ATypI • Graphis - 2002 |
| Phototypesetting: A Design Manual | James Craig |
Watson-Guptill Publications - 1978 |
| Phototypography - A Guide to In-house Typesetting & Design | Allan Haley |
Charles Scribners Sons - 1980 |
| Typographically Speaking: The Art of Matthew Carter | Margaret Re |
Princeton Architectural Press - 2003 |
| A.T.A. Type Comparison Book | Frank Merriman |
Advertising Typographers Association of America, Inc. - 1965 |
| An Atlas of Typeforms | James Sutton & Alan Bartram |
Chartwell Books, Inc - 1968 (1988 edition) |
| Specimen Book of Linotype Faces | Linotype Staff |
Mergenthaler Linotype Co - ca. 1936 |
| The Book of Intertype Faces - 1932 | Intertype Staff |
Intertype Corp - 1932 |
| American Specimen Book of Type Styles - Complete Catalog of Printing Machinery and Printing Supplies | American Type Founders Staff |
American Type Founders Co. - 1912 |
| The Big Book of 5,000 Fonts (and where to get them) | David E. Carter |
HBI - 2001 |
| International TypeFounders Catalogs One and Two & Complete One-Liner | Steve Jackaman |
International TypeFounders, Inc. - 1998 |
| Creative Alliance 9.0 Catalog | AGFA-Monotype Staff |
AGFA-Monotype - 1999 |
| FontFont Catalogue 2004-05 | FontShop International Staff |
FontShop - 2004 |
| FontFont Catalogue 2002 | FontShop International Staff |
FSI - FontShop International - 2002 |
| FontExplorer Font Catalog - Version 1.5 | Linotype Library |
Linotype Library GmbH - 2000 |
| The Emigré Catalog 02.0 | Emigré Staff |
Emigré, Inc - 2001 |
| Type in Touch - GarageFonts Type Library - Volume One, Number One | GarageFonts Staff |
GarageFonts - 2000 |
| [T-26] Font Catalog Kits (to Supplement 24) | [T-26] Staff |
[T-26] Digital Type Foundry - 2002 |
| Type | David Gates |
Watson-Guptill Publications - 1973 |
| typecosmic - digital type collection - serif | Institute of Typography Engineering Research |
Evergreen -1994 |
| Hot Designers Make Cool Fonts | Allan Haley |
Rockport Publishers - 1998 |
| Extreme Fonts - Digital Faces of the Future | Spencer Drate & Jutka Salavetz |
Madison Square Press - 1999 |
| The Designer's Guide to Web Type - Your Connection to the Best Fonts Online | Kathleen Ziegler & Nick Greco |
Dimension Illustrators -2001 |
| Logo, Font & Lettering Bible - A Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Construction and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols | Leslie Cabarga |
HOW Design Books - 2004 |
| Deco Type - Stylish Alphabets of the '20's & '30's | Steven Heller & Louise Fili |
Chronicle Books - 1997 |
| Revival of the Fittest - Digital Versions of Classic Typefaces | Philip B. Meggs & Roy McKelvey |
RC Publications - 2000 |
| Typefaces for Books | James Sutton & Alan Bartram |
New Amsterdam Books - 1990 |
| Type Designers - A Biographical Directory | Ron Eason & Sarah Rookledge |
Sarema Press - 1991 |
| Frederic Goudy | D. J. R. Bruckner |
Abrams - 1990 |
| Adobe Type Reference - Spring 98 | Adobe Staff |
Adobe Systems - 1998 |
| Homage to the Alphabet - A Typeface Sourcebook - Second Edition |
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Rockport Publishers - 1985 |
| The Alphabet Abecedarium - Some Notes on Letters | Richard A. Firmage |
David A. Godine - 1993 |
| Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works - 2nd edition | Erik Spiekermann &E.M. Ginger |
Adobe Press - 2002 |
| The Anatomy of a Typeface | Alexander Lawson |
David R. Godine - 1990 |
| The Elements of Typographic Style | Robert Bringhurst |
Hartley & Marks - 1992 |
| Digital Type Specimens - The Designer's Computer Type Book | Ben Rosen |
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1991 |
| Type And Typography - The Designer's Type Book: Hot Metal Type - 2nd Edition | Ben Rosen |
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1989 |
| The Type Specimen Book | V & M Typographical, Inc |
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1974 |
| PostScript Typeface Library - Volume 1 - Serif & Script | Tony Epsosito & Jean Callan King |
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1994 |
| PostScript Typeface Library - Volume 2 - Sans Serif, Design, Outline & Ornaments | Tony Epsosito & Jean Callan King |
Van Nostrand Reinhold - 1994 |
| The PostScript Font Handbook - A Directory of Type 1 Fonts | Jonathan Grosvenor, Kaye Morrison, Alexandra Pim |
Addison-Wesley- 1992 |
| Treasury of Authentic Art Nouveau Alphabets, Decorative Initials, Monograms, Frames and Ornaments | Ludwig Petzendorfer |
Dover Publications - 1984 |
| Modern Display Alphabets | Paul E. Kennedy |
Dover Publications - 1974 |
| New Art Deco Alphabets | Marcia Loeb |
Dover Publications - 1975 |
| Moderne Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1999 |
| Calligraphic Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1997 |
| Showcard Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1996 |
| Swash Letter Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1996 |
| Ornamental Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1995 |
| Decorative Condensed Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1993 |
| Elegant Display Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1992 |
| Decorative Display Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1990 |
| Circus Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1989 |
| Bold Script Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1989 |
| Outline Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1988 |
| Stencil Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1988 |
| Script and Cursive Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1987 |
| Condensed Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1986 |
| Gothic and Old English Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1984 |
| 3-D and Shaded Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1982 |
| Art Deco Display Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1982 |
| Sans Serif Display Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1979 |
| Brushstroke and Free-Style Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1977 |
| Art Nouveau Display Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1976 |
| Victorian Display Alphabets | Dan X. Solo |
Dover Publications - 1976 |