Bringhurst is very good. Also, good discussions from a LaTeX point of view in Chapters 2 of the Koma-Script and Memoir manuals.
On my system, I get these with `texdoc memoir' and `texdoc koma'. hth, Tom Martin Schöön <martin.sch...@gmail.com> writes: > Recommended reading if your are interested in typography: > > Robert Bringhurst: "The Elements of Typographical Style" ISBN 0-88179-205-5 > Victoria Squire: "Getting it Right with Type" ISBN-13: 978-1-85669-474-2 > Ellen Lupton: "thinking with type" ISBN 1-56898-448-0 > Derek Birdsall: "notes on book design" ISBN 0-300-10347-6 > > I have enjoyed reading all four and I recommend you read at least two of > them because there is not one and only one true and proper way to do this. > Nor is it trivial so before changing anything you should make sure you know > what you are doing! The ease with which the user can meddle with typography > is one of the reasons word-processors such as MS Word and OpenOffice Write > should be banned :-) > > -- > Martin Schöön > > http://hem.bredband.net/b262106/index.html > Recommended reading if your are interested in typography: > > Robert Bringhurst: "The Elements of Typographical Style" ISBN > 0-88179-205-5 > Victoria Squire: "Getting it Right with Type" ISBN-13: > 978-1-85669-474-2 > Ellen Lupton: "thinking with type" ISBN 1-56898-448-0 > Derek Birdsall: "notes on book design" ISBN 0-300-10347-6 > > I have enjoyed reading all four and I recommend you read at least two > of them because there is not one and only one true and proper way to > do this. Nor is it trivial so before changing anything you should make > sure you know what you are doing! The ease with which the user can > meddle with typography is one of the reasons word-processors such as > MS Word and OpenOffice Write should be banned :-) -- Thomas S. Dye http://www.tsdye.com
