- Publisher
- Hyphen Press
- Published
- 2008
- Shelf
- typography: Craft
- ISBN
- 9780907259343
Craft
Detail in Typography
Jost Hochuli
Sixty-four pages on the smallest decisions: letter, word, line, and the spaces between them.
Why read it
Hochuli works only at the scale below the grid, how reading physically happens, and what letterfit, word spacing and line length do to it. It is the missing half of a typography education, which teaches composition and skips legibility.
Why own it
A pocket-sized object made with the care it argues for, and the best single thing to hand a designer who has just been told their type feels off. Short enough to re-read once a year.
Who it is for
Editorial and book designers, and anyone setting long-form text.
Reading order
Book 4 of 5 in the typography reading order. See all 5
Read nextThe Elements of Typographic StyleRobert BringhurstEnd with Bringhurst, who gives the reason under every convention you have learned so far and treats the page as a score for a voice.Read before thisType Matters!
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