Digital Type Design Guide

by Sean Cavanaugh
ISBN:1568301901

Gets down to the nitty gritty of digital type. Covers both Mac and PC perspectives and has chapters on e-mail and graphic type as well. Includes a CD with 200+ typefaces and Hey! a FontLab demo!

CONTENTS:
1. Postscript and TrueType Fonts: The Basics
2. Postscript and TrueType Fonts on the Macintosh
3. Postscript and TrueType Fonts with Microsoft Windows
4. Cross Platform Issues
5. Working with Characters
6. Ligatures and Expert Set Characters
7. The Rules of Digital Typography
8. E-mail Typography
9. Type as Graphic Element
10. Choosing Typefaces
11. Typefaces (Examples)

Type Rules! The designer's guide to professional typography

by Ilene Strizver
ISBN-10: 047172114X
ISBN-13: 978-0471721147

A comprehensive book (224 pages)  on the niceties of typographic composition. Every chapter is loaded with illustrations and examples and has exercises to drive home the points. And there's even a chapter on making your own typeface.

Finer Points in the Spacing and Arrangement of Type

by Geoffrey Dowding
ISBN:0881791199

Photoshop Type Magic II

by Greg Simsic
ISBN:1568303297

More step-by-step instructions on how to create spectacular type effects in Photoshop. Lots of screen shots.

Cool Type

by Spencer Drate, Jutka Salavetz and Mark Smith
ISBN:0891347283

Fontographer: Type by Design

by Stephen Moye
ISBN:1558284478

All about the technique of digital type design. Lots of hands-on examples and expert tips.

Table of Contents:
1. Drawing in Postscript
2. Creating a Typeface
3. Spacing Letters and Lines
4. The Serif
5. The Calligraphic Tools
6. Strategies in Type Design
7. Type Specimens
8. Type in context

Fontes et Codages

by Yannis Haralambous
ASIN: 284177273X

This book explains many aspects of digital font technology in the French language and has a fair portion about FontLab products.

PhotoShop Type Magic

by Greg Simsic, David Lai
ISBN:1568303297

Step-by-step instructions on how to create more than 40 spectacular type effects in Photoshop. Lots of screen shots.

Sign Design Easy Type Guide

by Don Dewsnap
ISBN:1564960358

This book's main thrust is typography: type divisions, weights, cases, and variations.Notes on color and artwork; guidance for working with and without a computer. 160pp.