[texhax] Fonts for Beginners

[Paul Stanley]

sorry William, none of these books are accessible.


At 13:00 25/07/2012, you wrote:
>On Jul 24, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Paul Stanley wrote:
>
> > Does the list recommend a text on the subject of fonts for a 
> complete beginner?
>
>What aspect?
>
>If you mean for installation into old styles of TeX, then Philipp
>Lehman's Font Installation Guide:
>
>http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/info/Type1fonts/fontinstallationguide/
>
>If you mean ``just'' using them, then von Bechtolsheim's _TeX in 
>Practice_ Vol. 2: Paragraphs, Math, and Fonts_ is quite good.
>
>If you mean installing and using them in interesting ways, then Alan 
>Hoenig's _TeX Unbound_:
>
>http://www.amazon.com/TeX-Unbound-LaTeX-Strategies-Graphics/dp/019509686X
>
>If you mean using them in a ``modern'' TeX system then Will 
>Robertson's FontSpec:
>
>http://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/xetex/latex/fontspec/
>
>If you haven't read _The Elements of Typographic Style_ by Robert 
>Bringhurst, it should go to the top of the list.
>
>I list a couple of books here:
>
>http://mysite.verizon.net/william_franklin_adams/books-typography.html
>
>Other good background materials, Simon Oliver's _Introduction to Typography_.
>
>I also list some books which you may find of interest on this broadside:
>
>http://mysite.verizon.net/william_franklin_adams/portfolio/typography/typefaceterminology.pdf
>
>William
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>William Adams
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>Fry Communications
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