The Stroke: theory of writing by Gerrit Noordzij.Other interesting books worth considering: This is more about type design for people other than type designers, but the ideas can inform actual design. Theory of Type Design by Gerard Unger.But it is a great choice for a second or third book on the topic, if you have at least one of the others, first. That said, it is not as strong a general-purpose how-to-make-fonts-from-beginning-to-end book. This book covers a number of specific type design issues, collecting ideas and issues you either won’t find elsewhere at all, or at least all in one place. Great complement to Henestrosa et al., or Cheng, or even as a first book if you are on a tight budget.
Out of print, but used copies are generally $8 to $16 now (including shipping!), down from a peak of $300 before Cheng’s book came out (at a time when there were no other practical books out there). Not just about Fontographer, but rather an invaluable general discussion of proper creation of letter outlines and point placement, as well as all sorts of tips. Ancient and has crazy old pixelated screen shots, but still remarkably useful. Fontographer: Type by Design by Stephen Moye.Currently only available from the St Bride Library in the UK. The unique approach of having multiple authors’ takes on the same issues is very informative. Arguably the best practical how-to book out there on type design, despite being rather brief. How to create typefaces: from sketch to screen by Cristóbal Henestrosa, Laura Meseguer and José Scaglione.Restricting the Latin character set coverage to western Europe is understandable, but feels a bit dated.
Be sure not to get the first edition: the second edition massively expanded all the other content, becoming a much better general introduction to type design than the first edition, by adding a few dozen more pages. Uniquely has a lengthy character-by-character analysis that takes up most of the book.
Designing Type by Karen Cheng (2nd edition).Note that three of these books (Henestrosa et al., Moye, Cheng) offer exceedingly similar advice on spacing, which they have all borrowed from Walter Tracy’s Letters of Credit, which appears further below (aside from the several pages of incredibly useful spacing advice, it is not directly a how-to-design-fonts book). Type Design Brief: How to approach and define a type design project, my answer on Quora.īooks directly on type design, in vaguely descending order of how useful they are as practical guides to help make fonts.How Do You Make a Font? my answer on Quora.Here is my collection of links and resources on designing typefaces and making fonts, all in one place! If you do not already have general typography background, read my post aimed at beginners and non-designers interested in typography. No, you wouldn’t show all these layers at once while drawing.
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