Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works

An entertaining, informative and educational tour through the most basic unit of communication--type. Explains in every-day laymen's terms what type is, how to select it, and how to use it to improve the reader's communication. Includes over 200 illustrations and photographs.

Arts & Photography

Erik Spiekermann

Graphic Design

Adobe Pr

This popular type text book is now available in paperback! This new softcover edition of Explorations in Typography has all the same great typesetting examples and cool typefaces, as well as our handy visual index of page layouts and grids. You'll see the same excerpt from Stop Stealing Sheep by Erik Spiekermann and typeface descriptions by Stephen Coles along with our handy index of alternate typefaces that are low-cost or free for educational use. 
 Explorations in Typography was awarded a Certificate of Typographic Excellence from the TDC (Type Directors Club) in 2017. The second edition was revised and expanded to include more typesetting examples and more typefaces as well as the contributions of Stephen Coles, editor of the well-known websites Typographica (typographic.org) and Fonts in Use (fontsinuse.com).

Explorations in Typography

Carolina de Bartolo

Stephen Coles

101 Editions, LLC

This new edition of Explorations in Typography was awarded a Certificate of Typographic Excellence from the TDC (Type Directors Club) in 2017. It has been revised and expanded to include more typesetting examples and more typefaces as well as a visual index of page layouts and grids. Along with the same excerpt from Erik Spiekermann used in the first edition, this edition also features the writing of Stephen Coles who composed all new typeface descriptions and an index of alternates for each that are low-cost or free for educational use.

Explorations in Typography (second edition)

101 Editions

After almost three decades as one of the world's bestselling introductions to designing with type - including editions in Korean, German, Russian, Portuguese and even Thai - Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works continues to education, entertain, and enlighten design students and type lovers around the globe. In this fourth edition, Erik Spiekermann brings his type classic fully up-to-date with an all-new chapter on variable typefaces, scores of visual examples on how to effectively communicate with type, and a full selection of new typefaces used and referenced throughout the book. If you use type - and these days, almost everyone does - Spiekermann's engaging, commonsense style will help you understand how to look at type, work with type, choose the best typeface for your message, and express yourself more effectively through design. Compact, yet rich with anecdotes and visual examples, the handbook's multilayered design not only makes for a fun, fast read, but it also invites exploration, ensuring you learn something new each and every time you open it up.

Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works (4th edition)

TOC Publishing

Translated from German by author. Illustrated with type specimens + photographs. No dust jacket as issued; enclosed in cardboard slipcase. Includes yellow cloth bookmark sewn-in.

Rhyme and Reason: A Typographical Novel

H. Berthold AG