Hand Drawn Typography

I have loved typography for a while now and when i had the chance to study it at University for a few months, i took that chance but it wasn't what i expected. It was serious, hard nosed straight talking type. No hand drawn, no experimental type and no playing with letters and typefaces. It was a few months of solid layout, alignment, simple decisions and subtle changes with type, along with cold, hard facts, rules, regulations and restrictions. So once i had the basics down it was the old adage of "rules are meant to be broken" So having learnt a few rules im now ready to break a few! I recently bought the book (that has been on my amazon book wish list for a while now!) "Hand Job - a catalog of hand drawn type", by Michael Perry and have realised this is the kind of typography i originally fell in love with and so i will be sticking with this for a while!

THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN MY LIFE SO FAR.

1 down 5 to go!
The first book I've read is Stefan Sagmeister's book.
Well having seen the website and having put an order in at amazon for my books to read for this summer, i decided to buy the book "THINGS I HAVE LEARNED IN MY LIFE SO FAR" by Stefan Sagmeister. I have already read the many mini books you get and played with the front covers of the books and the box that holds them. This is my favourite cover (click on it to get a better look):

The Rules of Life

I set a challenge to myself to read a book in a day and my sister recommended a book entitled 'The Rules of Life' I sat down in the early hours of the morning until the evening and i read it from cover to cover,if you ever get the chance to read it you definitley should. It is mostly common sense and good manners, which it doesn't try to cover up, and a good reminder of how to get along in life. I am generally a pessimistic person (why does negative sound really strong a word compared to pessimistic?) and this book took the edge off my annoyances and pet hates for a day, made everything seem easier and made me feel more in control and aware of my actions. I will definitely be buying this book for my own bookshelf so i can re-read it in times of stress!

Buy it here at Amazon.co.uk

Book Wishlist - Hand Job: A Catalog of Type

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Book Wishlist - Cutting Edge Patterns and Textures

Ive ordered this book from Amazon after seeing it on the Print&Pattern blog as i thought it looked really interesting and had lots of good patterns and textures.