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Comment from Daniel
Time: June 28, 2008, 1:49 pm

Godine (www.godine.com) publishes a book called Anatomy of a Typeface, which is a nice history of a good number of common typefaces – nicely accessible.

Comment from xensen
Time: June 28, 2008, 3:39 pm

Yes, I have read it. It’s a good source on classic faces.

Bringhurst’s Elements of Typographic Style has less depth on particular faces, but it gives the historical framework in a coherent way, placing type in the overall cultural context.

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