Working with Type: Selected Essays on Type and Typography

"Working with Words: Selected Essays is a curated selection of essays about type, typography, and the people who make type. It ranges from hand-set type and letterpress printing through the history of digital type at Microsoft to creating new standards of excellence for flexible typesetting on the screen. The essays delve into the history of type, considering both creating typefaces and using them in visual design. In clear, direct language, John D. Berry lays out the modern world of type on the grid of history"-- Provided by publisher.