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.
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Typography Lacking Focus:
The first thing that must be said about "Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works" is that its purpose is simply not clear. If it's supposed to be a book for beginners to learn about type, it lacks effective headings, and (maybe most importantly) a glossary; despite typographic differences within the text, importance of information is not well designated, which leads one to ask, how is a beginner to know what's vital? Likewise, the exceedingly simple analogies re: Type in the main text and lack of... more info
Quest for clarity in the brave world of Media2.0:
This is quite an interesting and humoristic little book that should be made a must read for all bloggers, web designers and other web 2.0 communicators. Erik Spiekermann and E.M Ginger bring a very educated viewpoint to the never boring debate of form v.s. function and substance v.s. style. There is no doubt that they're choosing style and more specifically the role of Typographic style on effective communication. A debate started quite some time ago with Gutenberg!
Overly basic and poorly organized:
I am a relative newbie to the study of typography, but still this book is far too basic. I learned a single fact which I had always been curious about - that the letterforms of smaller-point type are different from (not just smaller than) larger-point type in the same face - and that is a pretty elemental thing that most people interested in type are already aware of.
More suprisingly, there are some serious issues with the layout and typography of this book. Some sidebars, which are in small type,... more info
