Resources in typeface design for undegrds

• William Addison Dwiggins, WAD to RR: a letter about designing type. Cambridge, Mass., Harvard College Library, 1940 | →PDF
• 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
• Phil Baines & Andrew Haslam, Type and typography. 2nd ed., London, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2005 | →Amazon
• Erik Spiekermann & E M Ginger, Stop stealing sheep and find out how type works. 2nd ed. Adobe, 2002 | →Amazon
• Michael Twyman, Printing 1770–1970. London, British Library, 1998 | →Amazon
• Michael Twyman, The British Library guide to printing: history and techniques. London, British Library, 1998 | →Amazon

(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
• I love typography: by John Boardley – especially the “Type history” series, and the designer interviews; start with Sebastian Lester's

• Ladislas Mandel, ‘Developing an awareness of typographic letterforms.’ Electronic Publishing, vol 6, no 1, 1993, pp 3–22 | available from →CNRS

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 occasionally 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

It would be good to locate a full series of Eye in a library, and go through past issues.

Subscribe to the announcements of the

• St Bride Library and attend conferences and one-day symposia

• Typographic Circle and attend their talks; Thursdays, about every three weeks