Books
BOOKS
THE IDEAL BOOK
By William Morris
Typographical advice from 1893 with beauty and legibility at its core. Morris points to some fine 15th century precedents. Read more
BOOKS
By Edwin Heathcote
Books not only furnish a room, they define it. Words can construct whole worlds but the books they are in can be conceived as a building material. Read more
THE LIFE AND OPINIONS OF TRISTRAM SHANDY, GENTLEMAN
By A Practice for Everyday Life
A Practice for Everyday Life look at the way in which Sterne used the visual language of the book to reinforce the text of Tristram Shandy. Read more
COMPOSITION OF TIME AND PLACE
FROM 'AN ESSAY ON TYPOGRAHY'
By Eric Gill
'The world is not yet clothed in garments which befit it', writes Gill in 1931; mechanised industry and human responsibility are at odds. Read more