I've been trying for a long time to find a satisfactory solution to cataloguing my type-related printed material in a way that both allows me to keep all primary bibliographic data at hand, and at the same time allows students to see what's available to consult. My ideal solution would be a version of LibraryThing that knows how to handle books without ISBN, journals and magazines, type specimens, ephemera, and so on. So far everything I try fails at some point or other, leading to not a little frustration (especially when I forget that I've got something already…)
So I've decided to break things down in sub-lists. Some basic items first; then upload here (slowly my shelves, and try to dump into LibraryThing all the stuff with ISBNs.
Important: some lists below are incomplete
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The introductory MATD booklist is sent out to incoming students a couple of months before classes start.
The intro to type design for undergrads is a good starting point for students dipping their toes in typeface design for the first time, or students seeking to decide whether this is what they want to spend more time on.
MATD dissertations that are recommended reading material, either before coming to Rdg or in at specific stages of work
general library (incomplete lists)
journals and magazines, listed with the run of issues present
books on typography and typeface design pre-ISBN
books on typography and typeface design post-ISBN
books by Dwiggins: written, designed or both
Greek typography and typeface design (incomplete lists)
books on Greek typography and typeface design regardless of date or origin; in English, mostly | including a section on the development of the script
articles on Greek typography and typeface design regardless of date or origin; in English
Greek books on Greek typography and typeface design regardless of date; in Greek
Greek articles on Greek typography and typeface design regardless of date; in Greek
Greek books pre-1900 Incunables, leaves, early printing, later printing before hot-metal
Greek books post-1900 examples of Greek printing, from without the Greek geography | foundry, hot-metal, and phototype
books from Greece pre-1949 examples of Greek printing, from within Greece or from Greek printers in Ottoman or western lands
books from Greece 1950–1999 examples of Greek printing, from within Greece
books from Greece 2000 onwards examples of Greek printing, from within Greece
typeface specimens (incomplete lists)
typespecimens pre-1985 | from without Greece (order? chronological? by foundry? country? other?)
typespecimens post-1985 | from without Greece; selected
Greek typespecimens | pre- and post-1985, from within Greece
