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Illuminating Pixels

Currently, the best website for typography news, discussion and such is Typographica, a typography blog contributed to by a whole host of interested parties (including myself). Very nearly almost as good is Typophile, which is best known for its lively discussions boards, populated by the great, the insightful, the bigotted and the downright silly. And Hrant. Finally, Microsoft Typography, which in amazing un-Microsoft style, offers free unbiased useful intelligent and comprehensive news coverage.


Living Dead Trees

If you would like to know more about typography, you could do a lot worse than read these excellent books on the subject by people far more intelligent and coherent than I. Please remember to support your local independent book store.

The Elements of Typographic Style
by Robert Bringhurst, ISBN: 0881791326

An Essay on Typography
by Eric Gill, ISBN: 0853315094

A Short History of the Printed Word
by Warren Chappell, ISBN: 0881791547

Manual of Typography
by Ruari McLean, ISBN: 0500680221

Stop Stealing Sheep (and find out how type works)
by Erik Spiekermann, ISBN: 0201703394

About Face: Reviving the rules of typography
by David Jury, ISBN: 28804667776