Typography Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography (coauthor)

Rockport Publishers, 2012
Hardcover
400 pages, 600 images
8.75 x 10.25 inches

Typography Referenced: A Comprehensive Visual Guide to the Language, History, and Practice of Typography is an authoritative resource of typographic information for designers of all levels. Covering the basic foundations and core concepts of what constitutes typography and typographic design, this volume defines type-specific terms, language, classifications, principles, and processes. Co-author Richard Poulin contributed an extensive chapter of insightful biographies on 68 influential type designers throughout typographic history. Divided into 3 periods: pre-20th-Century; 20th-Century to the present; and the 21st-Century with its ‘new breed’ of type designers, the author concisely details each typographers’ background and accomplishments in the world of type. 

The book is currently in its second printing and is also available in Chinese and Italian editions.

Reviews and Endorsements

“Typography, Referenced was named a 2013 Outstanding Reference Source, an annual list from the American Library Association of the most noteworthy reference titles published in 2012.” 

—amazon.com

“Typography, Referenced is the ultimate source of typographic information and inspiration, documenting and chronicling essential typographic knowledge and design from the beginnings of moveable type to the present golden age of typography.” 

—amazon.com