Despite the fact that the main tool of the web typographer and content manager is the Internet, the whole body of useful materials for us has been translated into electronic form. Therefore, I decided to list those paper books that I have on a separate shelf, and which I don’t have time to accumulate dust due to their constant use.

The list of books will be divided into groups according to topics, and each of them will be divided into groups “must-read and have” and “can be read and have” (this allocation is certainly subjective, so I will not argue about it exactly). In principle, the majority of books are in wide sale, including in the largest Russian online stores. Some are scanned and can be found on the Internet.

I decided to cover the following topics, which all the time pop up in the process of working, or are necessary for general education designers, interested in web typography, and content managers:

• typography of paper editions,
• fonts
• Russian language and the creation of texts
• directories of the editor and proofreader,
• design of graphs and charts.

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Typography of paper publications

Sure to

• Robert Bringhurst, "The Foundations of Style in Typography" is one of the wonderful fundamental works on the typography of print publications.
• Alexandra Korolkova, “Living Typography” - a very solid book from a young author, is perfect for beginners as one of the first books on typography.

Not necessary

• Emil Ruder, "Typography" - a great book for the general education and upbringing of artistic taste in the context of book design.
• Stepan Sergeevich Vodchits, “Aesthetics of proportions in design. The system of book proportions ” is a must-read as a fundamental work on the proportions of a book, the choice of format and proportions of a publication, and so on.
• Vladimir Krichevsky, "Typography in terms and images" - the book is framed in the form of a dictionary of typographical terms, richly illustrated. Also recommended for the development of taste.
• Jan Chihold, The Look of the Book - a selection of articles from the classic of typography.
• Mikhail Vladimirovich Schulmeister, “Manual Collection” is the desk book of the layout designer in the era of manual collection of books.
• Allen Hurlbert, “Modular Grid” - the use of modular grids is gradually moving from magazine printing to the Internet. In this regard, it is useful to familiarize yourself with the concept and basic laws of working with modular grids.
• James Felici, "Typography: Font, Layout, Design" - a modern book on computer layout from an American author. Mention only for order, last but not least. Be very careful, the book lacks factual errors and inaccuracies in the translation!

Fonts

Sure to

• Peter Karov, Font Technologies. Description and tools " - a bridge from paper typography to computer typography. In principle, the book is useful mainly for beginners.

Not necessary

• Yuri Gordon, "The book about the letters from A to Z" - a book about the Cyrillic letters, the logic of their appearance and the features of their construction in fonts.
• Eric Spikerman, "About the Font" - a modern book on fonts, choosing a font for publication, font compatibility, etc.
• Villu Karlovich Toots, “Modern Font” is a book about fonts (mostly handwritten) by one of the best calligraphers and graphic artists of the USSR.

Russian language and the creation of texts

Sure to

• Ditmar Elyashevich Rosenthal, reference books: “Spelling and punctuation” , “Practical stylistics of the Russian language” . It is useful to open in free time on an arbitrary page and read, or use in case of dispute.
• Abram Borisovich Shapiro, “Modern Russian. Punctuation " - a fundamental guide to punctuation with exercises. It is useful, in addition to the exercises, the section on the history of punctuation and bibliography.
• Arkady Emmanuilovich Milchin, “Text Editing Technique” is a fundamental textbook on text editing and editing.
• Barbara Minto, Harvard's Golden Rules and McKinsey, is a book about the pyramid principle in writing business documentation. It has a direct and most crucial relation to the creation of texts for sites.

Not necessary

• Dietmar Elyashevich Rosenthal, Margarita Alekseevna Telenkova, “Dictionary of difficulties of the Russian language” - covers about 20,000 words representing difficulties of a different nature. The most important for us are the spelling of words, the usage of words, the shaping and the compatibility of words.
• Vladimir Vladimirovich Lopatin, Iya Veniaminovna Nechaeva, Lyudmila Konstantinovna Cheltsova, “Is it uppercase or lowercase?” Is a spelling dictionary covering the use of uppercase and lowercase letters. Includes compound personal names, place names, religious concepts, organization names, etc.
• Kirill Gorbachevich, “Dictionary of Synonyms of the Russian Language” - useful when writing and editing texts.
• Rostislav Chebykin, "Development and design of the text content of sites" - claims to be a complete tutorial / reference book for novice content managers. Perhaps, for the start and not bad, but occasionally there are errors.

Directories and Proofreader

Sure to

• Arkady Emmanuilovich Milchin, Lyudmila Konstantinovna Cheltsova, “Directory of the publisher and author. Editorial and publishing edition of the publication " - the most modern of the reference books on the layout.
• Pinchus Gertselevich Gilenson, "Technical Editor's Handbook" - in some places outdated, but still necessary to understand the rules and principles of layout.

Design of graphs and charts

Sure to

• Jean Zelazny, “Speak in the language of diagrams” is a small 200-page book that puts the head in its place forever in the context of creating diagrams and illustrating text and presentation diagrams. If you often have to work with them, this is an unequivocal must read and must have.

If you have any additions, then you are welcome in the comments. Study, study and study again! :)