Stop Stealing Sheep and Find Out How Type Works - Erik Spiekermann

Every aspiring designer should read this book, be they a web, print film, or any form of visual communicator. A slim but very good introduction to graphic design, typography and layout design. This the graphic design equivalent of ?Ways of Seeing? In todays computer environment we are all able to produce work without understanding what you are doing on a wider level. To quote the back of the book ?What was once done by professional typesetters and designers is now a matter of desk top convenience- but no one has given us a common-sense explanation of what type is and how to use it? Until this book came along. written in a very accessible down to earth ...  Read the complete review