“In a badly designed book, the letters mill and stand like starving horses in a field. In a book designed by rote, they sit like stale bread and mutton on the page. In a well-made book, where designer, compositor and printer have all done their jobs, no matter how many thousands of lines and pages, the letters are alive. They dance in their seats. Sometimes they rise and dance in the margins and aisles.” WellsMadeBookSometimesMatterDoneJobsLinesAliveDesignFieldsPagesLettersHorseBreadDesignerSeatsStarvingMarginsMillsStaleAisleTypographyPrinterMutton Author:Robert Bringhurst
“A man who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep, Frederic Goudy liked to say. If this wisdom needs updating, it is chiefly to add that a woman who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep as well .” IfsMenNeedsWellsCasesAddStealingSheepTypography Author:Robert Bringhurst
“By all means break the rules, and break them beautifully, deliberately and well.” WellsMeanBreakI Hate YouTypography Author:Robert Bringhurst
“In the nineteenth century, which was a dark and inflationary age in typography, man compositors were encouraged to stuff extra space between sentences. Generations of twentieth-century typists were then taught to do the same, by hitting the spacebar twice after every period. Your typing as well as your typesetting will benefit from unlearning this quaint Victorian habit.” MenWellsAgeStuffDarkSpaceGenerationsCenturyTaughtHabitPeriodsBenefitsSentencesExtrasHittingTwentieth CenturyNineteenth CenturyVictorianSpace BetweenTypingTypographyQuaint Author:Robert Bringhurst
