Typography
30 Essential Typefaces for a Lifetime by Call Number: Z250 .A515 2006 Arts Library ReferenceISBN: 1592532780
Adrian Frutiger - Typefaces by 
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Call Number: Available OnlineISBN: 3034609906
Explorations in Typography: mastering the art of fine typesetting : a visual textbook for intermediate to advanced typography by Call Number: * Z253 .D365 2011 Arts Library Oversize*ISBN: 9780984370788
Fully Booked - Ink on Paper by Call Number: * Z246 .F855 2013 Arts Library Oversize*ISBN: 3899554647
The Fundamentals of Creative Design by Call Number: NC997 .A43 2011 Arts LibraryISBN: 9782940411610Date: (2nd ed.)
The Graphic Design Reference and Specification Book by - This link opens in a new window
Call Number: Z118.5 .E83 2013 Arts Library Reference; Also Available OnlineISBN: 9781592538515
Letterforms : type design from past to future by Call Number: Z250 .S163 2018 Arts LibraryISBN: 9781631594731
Reinventing Print : technology and craft in typography by Call Number: Z246 .J87 2018 Arts LibraryISBN: 9781474262699
Type. A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles by Call Number: Z250.A2 T953 2013 v.1-2 Arts Library ReferenceISBN: 9783836544801
The Typographic Desk Reference by Call Number: Z118.5 .R67 2009 Arts Library ReferenceISBN: 9781584562313
Working with Computer Type 4 : Working with computer type 4 : experimental typography by Call Number: Z250.7 .C375 1997 Arts LibraryISBN: 2880462797
- American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)Founded in 1914, AIGA remains the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design. AIGA now represents more than 20,000 design professionals, educators and students through national activities and local programs developed by 65 chapters and 200 student groups.
- Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI)ATypI is the global forum and focal point for the type community and business. This not-for-profit organization includes type designers, type publishers, graphic and typographic designers.
- International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD)Based in the U.K., but with an international membership, ISTD aims to promote high quality typography and typography education.
- Society of Typographic Aficionados (SoTA)A not-for-profic organization dedicated to the promotion and support of type and typography.
- Type Directors Club (TDC)TDC sponsors several annual competitions and publishes Typography : the annual of the Type Directors Club.
Search the UCLA Library Catalog under the following subject headings to find relevant sources for typography and typographers:
Alphabets
Display type
Computerized typesetting
Graphic Design (Typography)
Graphic Design (Typography) -- History
Layout (Printing)
Printing -- specimens
Type and type-founding -- Digital techniques
Type and type-founding -- Periodicals
Type designers
Type ornaments
Typefaces
Typesetting
Typographers
Web Typography
Specific typefaces can be searched by the subject type and type-founding with their name following, e.g. Type and type-founding -- Gothic type. Type designers can also be searched by their names, e.g. Tschichold, Jan.
Call numbers can also be used to search for books on the library catalog or in the stacks. Each section of the stacks (Stacks, Oversize, Reference, Pictorial Reference, Current Periodicals, etc.) can be browsed by call number, as can the library catalog. The Arts Library has a closed stacks area called "The Cage" where delicate, fragile, and rare materials are shelved; you will discover these materials when searching or browsing the library catalog.
For typography, related call numbers include:
Practical printing (Includes printing as a business, layout, paper and ink, machinery, type and type founding, electrotyping, desktop publishing, typesetting, and presswork) - Z242.9-264.5
- General works - Z246-247
- Type and type founding - Z250-Z251
- Type designers - Z250.7
- Type and type-founding -- Digital techniques -Z253 - Z253.4
- Drawing. Design. Illustration - NC1-1940
- General works - NC703-725
- Graphic art materials - NC845-915
- Printed ephemera - 1280-1284
- Commercial art. Advertising art - NC997-1003
- Posters - NC1800-1850
- Decoration and Ornament. Design - NK1160-1590