Beginner's resources in typeface design

• William Addison Dwiggins, WAD to RR: a letter about designing type. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard College Library, 1940 | →PDF
• Robin Kinross, Modern typography. 2nd ed. London, Hyphen Press, 2005 | →Hyphen Press
• Gerritt Noordzij, The stroke: theory of writing of the pen. London, Hyphen Press, 2005 | →Hyphen Press
• Fred Smeijers, Counterpunch: making type in the sixteenth century; designing typefaces now. London, Hyphen Press, 1996 | →Hyphen Press
• Walter Tracy, Letters of credit: a view of type design. London, Gordon Fraser, 1986 | →Amazon

• Steven Heller & Philip B Meggs, (eds) Texts on type: critical writings on typography. New York, Alworth Press, 2001 | →Amazon
• Rosemary Sassoon (ed.), Computers and typography. Oxford, Intellect, 1993 | →Amazon
• — Computers and typography 2. Bristol, Intellect, 2002 | →Amazon

• Sem L Hartz, ‘An approach to type designing.’ Penrose Annual, vol 52, 1958, pp 39–42 | Reprinted in: Sem L Hartz, Essays. Amsterdam, Serifpers, 1992
• Kris Holmes, ‘Lucida: the first original typeface designed for laser printers.’ Baseline, no 6, 1985, pp 12–13 | issue is out of print →Baseline magazine
• Ladislas Mandel, ‘Developing an awareness of typographic letterforms.’ Electronic Publishing, vol 6, no 1, 1993, pp 3–22 | available from →CNRS
• Erich Schulz-Anker, ‘Syntax Antiqua, a sans-serif on a new basis.’ Gebrauchsgraphik, August 1970, pp 49–56

Visible Language has ocassionally relevant articles. One of the most important for typeface design was 19.1 (1985) with the title The computer and the hand in type design, which is still avaiable on the mag's site; order →here. That issue includes also:

• Matthew Carter, ‘Galliard: a modern revival of the types of Robert Granjon.’ Visible Language, vol XIX, no 1, 1985, pp 77–97
• Jack Stauffacher, ‘The Transylvanian Phoenix: the Kis-Janson types in the digital era.’ Visible Language, vol XIX, no 1, 1985, pp 61–76

Quarterly Eye at timers publishes relevant articles. Most back issues are available →here. Some articles are available to read online, such as:

• Emily King, ‘Digital type decade.’ Eye, vol 10, no 40, 2001, pp 40–47 | (full text, no images) →here

For others, you will need to obtain a hardcopy; e.g.:

• Phil Baines, ‘Face lift: new cuts at the Times.’ Eye, vol 10, no 40, 2001, pp 52–59

Older issues are less easy to get hold of, bt may be locatd on eBay; they contain articles such as:

• Robin Kinross, ‘The digital wave.’ Eye, vol 2, no 7, 1992, pp 26–39 | a reference text for a period of major experimentation

(Yes, there's lots; these are worthier of your attention:)

• Typefoundry: by James Mosley
• Type Culture: by Mark Jamra, includes a lot of student work
• Typotheque/articles: by Peter Bil'ak and Johanna Bil'ak-Balusíková; several relevant articles
• Typblography: by Thomas Phinney
• I love typography: by John Boardley