Newsgroups: comp.fonts
Path: utzoo!sq!lee
From: lee@sq.sq.com (Liam R. E. Quin)
Subject: Re: Books on fonts?
Message-ID: <1990Oct24.171236.2373@sq.sq.com>
Organization: SoftQuad Inc.
References: <1990Oct23.012717.28380@sjuphil.uucp>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 90 17:12:36 GMT
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dcarpent@sjuphil.UUCP () writes:
| I'm new to the world of computer typography, and have had very little
| luck finding a good book (or articles) on the basics.  Could someone
| recommend a book that covers such things as different types of font
| formats, explanations of how to create, modify, and just plain use
| various screen and printer fonts--esp. when these are obtained from the
| public domain and need to be MADE to work on one's own system.

On typography, look at
	%T The Thames and Hudson Manual of Typography
	%A McLean, Ruri
	%I Thames & Hudson
	%C London
	%D 1980

	On digital typography and fonts,
	%T Digital Typography
	%A Rubinstein, Richard
	%I Addison Wesley
	%D 1988
	%O An Introduction to Type and Composition for Computer System Design

I don't know any how-to books covering font formats in general.  Feel free
to mail me if you want, as long as your questions do not relate to MS/DOS,
Windows, or other toys :-).  I keep a list of sources of TeX fonts and
(to a lesser extent) conversion utilities.

Lee

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Liam R. E. Quin,  lee@sq.com, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, +1 (416) 963-8337