Explorations in Typography (second edition)

This new edition of Explorations in Typography was awarded a Certificate of Typographic Excellence from the TDC (Type Directors Club) in 2017. It has been revised and expanded to include more typesetting examples and more typefaces as well as a visual index of page layouts and grids. Along with the same excerpt from Erik Spiekermann used in the first edition, this edition also features the writing of Stephen Coles who composed all new typeface descriptions and an index of alternates for each that are low-cost or free for educational use.

Recognition for the second edition
+ TDC (Type Directors Club) Annual no.63
AIGA + Design Observer 50 Books/50 Covers 2016
Recognition for the first edition
+ TDC (Type Directors Club) Annual no.58
+ AIGA 50 Books/50 Covers 2011
+ FPO Awards 2013, Honorable mention
+ I.D. magazine Annual Design Review 2012
+ Print magazine Color in Design Awards 2013
+ Awwwards.com, Site of the Day 2011
--explorationsintypography.com

As someone who works with typography and design every day, I have a few books I turn to when I need to clear my mind of clutter. One of my favorites is Robert Bringhurst's The Elements of Typographic Style, which includes this rumination on the sanctity of the title page: Think of the blank page as alpine meadow, or as the purity of undifferentiated being. The typographer enters this space and must change it. The reader will enter it later, to see what the typographer has done. Lines like this refresh my understanding of the task at hand and clarify my sense of purpose. Carolina de Bartolo's book, Explorations in Typography, has a similar effect, albeit via entirely different means. --typographica.org