Esquire magazine found out brilliant PSU GD student Aaron Rayburn through his blog FortPort. They asked him to re-imagine the logo of Esquire... Using 300-year-old Oregon Black Walnut... to read more go to Aaron’s site.
Aaron is named one of the top twelve designers in the U.S.!
The Woodworker from Aaron Rayburn on Vimeo.
Ellen Lupton: Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)
Required: Perfect introduction to why you should love type.
Victoria Squire: Getting it Right with Type: The Dos and Don'ts of Typography
Required: Excellent overview of RULES. Great reference.
Robert Bringhurst: The Elements of Typographic Style
Required. If you are serious about becoming a graphic designer you will have this on your shelf.
Alston W Purvis: Type. A Visual History of Typefaces & Graphic Styles, 1901-1938 (v. 2)
Not released yet, but I will be getting it based on how much I love the first volume.
Jan Tholenaar: Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, Vol. 1
Recommended: Super gorgeous and excellent visual historical overview.
Bruce Willen: Lettering & Type: Creating Letters and Designing Typefaces (Design Brief)
Recommended. Wonderful little book focusing on the creation of letter forms.
Timothy Samara: Making and Breaking the Grid: A Graphic Design Layout Workshop
Recommended. Great for beginning grid and non traditional grid ideas and examples.
Kimberly Elam: Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type (Design Briefs)
Recommended. Great for intro to grid...
Texts on Type: Critical Writings on Typography
Recommended. We will be reading from this book.
Steven Heller: Handwritten: Expressive Lettering in the Digital Age
Wilson Harvey: 1,000 Type Treatments: From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to Perfection
Ellen Lupton: Indie Publishing: How to Design and Publish Your Own Book (Design Brief)
Steven Heller: New Vintage Type: Classic Fonts for the Digital Age
Chen Design Associates: Fingerprint: The Art of Using Hand-Made Elements in Graphic Design
Victionary: Type Addicted (The New Trend of a to Z Typo-Graphics)
John Foster: New Master's of Poster Design: Poster Design for the Next Century
Jim Krause: Type Idea Index: The Designer's Ultimate Tool for Choosing and Using Fonts Creatively
Erik Spiekermann: Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd Edition)
