Erik Spiekermann

Author of Stop Stealing Sheep & Find out How Type Works

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About the Author

Erik Spiekermann is an information architect, author of books and articles on type and typography, and the designer of such typefaces as FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Info, LoType, and Berliner Grotesk, among others. Founder of MetaDesign, Spiekermann now works as a freelance design consultant E.M. show more Ginger is a writer and editor whose work with type and typography spans printing and display technologies from letterpress to digital. After 12 years as managing editor of the journal Fine Print, she was a manager in the Adobe Originals Type Group, and at FontShop San Francisco. She is currently executive editor at Octavo, in Oakland, California show less

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Works by Erik Spiekermann

FontBook : Digital Typeface Compendium (1998) 50 copies

Rhyme and Reason: A Typographical Novel (1982) 33 copies

Made with FontFont : Type for Independent Minds (2007) 33 copies

Type and Typographers (1991) 15 copies

ÜberSchrift (2004) 13 copies

Studentenfutter oder : Was ich schon immer über Schrift & Typografie wissen wollte, mich aber nie zu fragen traute ;… (1989) 5 copies

Type is money : Typografie in der Werbung (1998) 4 copies

Butterick's Practical Typography 3 copies

Catalog / FontShop update '92 2 copies

Baseline International Typographics Journal, Issue 13 (The Bodoni Issue) 2 copies

Omnichannel Branding: Digitalisierung als Basis erlebnis- und beziehungsorientierter Markenführung (German Edition) (2018) 1 copy

A Linguagem Invisível da Tipografia (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2011) 1 copy

FontBook digital typeface compendium 1 copy

FontShop Katalog Sommer 2000 alles für Typografie und Gestaltung 1 copy

Entwicklungsworkshop 4.0 1 copy

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Associated Works

Design Is a Job (2012) — Foreword — 148 copies

The Typographic Desk Reference (2016) — Foreword, some editions — 7 copies

One hundred great books on typography : the ultimate typographic library (2016) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Birthdate: 1947-05-30
Gender: male
Nationality: Germany
Birthplace: Stadthagen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Places of residence: Berlin, Germany
London, England, UK
Education: Free University of Berlin
Occupations: type designer
professor
Organizations: University of the Arts, Bremen, Germany

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Stop Stealing Sheep & find out how type works (4th… by Erik Spiekermann

a bit too much of a reference for me as a non-specialist

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danielskatz | 11 other reviews | Dec 26, 2023 |

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works… by Erik Spiekermann

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davdittrich | 11 other reviews | Feb 14, 2023 |

Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works (2nd… by Erik Spiekermann

I've been reading quite a few books on typography and design this month, and (considering the topic is so fascinating) they've been a bit dry, or fluffy--either extreme. This one hits the sweet spot, straight through the middle--not so academic as to bore the bejeezus out of you, not so jejeune as to induce eyerolling. Lots of fonts explicated along the way, with coherent explanations of what makes them special. Very recommended. (I can't hand out 5 stars willy-nilly--it's not going to win any literary awards, and it didn't move me to tears, so 4 it is.)

(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!… (more)

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ashleytylerjohn | 11 other reviews | Oct 13, 2020 |