Detail in typography by Jost Hochuli

Subtitled ʻA concise yet rich discussion of all the small things that enhance the legibility of textsʼ, Jost Hochuliʼs guide to micro-typography considers everything that can happen within a column of text. The book was published first in German in the 1980s. This is the first English edition, completely revised and adapted for todayʼs conditions.

Hochuli discusses all the factors that affect legibility: letters, letterspacing, words, wordspacing, lines, linespacing, columns, development of script and type, composition of text and punctuation

Detail in typography, designed by its author, is printed and bound in Switzerland to the best standards. It provides, in its own form and manufacture, a demonstration of how books can be made.