This document provides a short list of references on various design topics published before 2000. The references are organized alphabetically by topic and include the author's name, book/article title, publication year, and ISBN number when available. Topics covered include advertising, biography, editorial design, graphic design, information design, and typography. The majority of the references are related to typography and were published between the 1940s-1990s.

1. A short list
of references
publicated
before 2000

2. A short list of references published before 2000
[A] Advertising
[B] Biografie
[E] Editorial Design
[G] Grafische vormgeving
[i] Information Design
[T] Typografie
[T] Aaron, W.M., Italic writing, a concise guide, 1971 [isbn 0-85458-310-6]
[B] Agner, Dwight, The books of WAD, 1974 [isbn 0-915346-26-5]
[E] Arnold, Edmund C., Designing the Total Newspaper, 1981 [isbn 0-06-014836-5]
[–] Barthes, Roland, Image-music-text, 1977 (Fontana)
[T] Bartram, Alan, Lettering on architecture,1976 [isbn 0-8230-7340-8]
[G] Beeke, Anthon, Dutch Posters 1960-1996 [isbn 90-72007-20-4]
[T] Bercum, Ben C. van, Zet het zó!, 1951 (Edecea, Hoorn)
[T] Benett, Paul, A., Books and printing, 1951 (The World Publishing Company)
[T] Biggs, John R., An approach to type, 1949 (Blanford Press)
[T] Biggs, John R., The use of type, 1954 (Blanford Press)
[T] Biggs, John R., Lettercraft, 1982 [isbn 0-7137-1269-4]
[G] Broos, Kees (ea), Grafische vormgeving in Nederland, 1993 [isbn 90-254-0404-9]
[T] Caflisch, Max, Kleines Spiel mit Ornamenten, 1965 (Angelus-Drucke Bern)
[T] Blumenthal, Joseph, The printed book in America,1977 [isbn 0-87451-480-0]
[T] Chappell, Warren, A short history of the printed word, 1970
[isbn 0-87923-312-5]
[B] Crouwel, Wim (ea), Benno H. Wissing, 1993 (bNO)
[T] Crouwel, Wim (ea), Leesbaarheid, 1976 [90-70-108-06-2]
[T] Crouwel, Wim, New Alphabet, 1975 (steendrukkerij de Jong & Co)
[T] Diringer, David (ea), A History Of The Alphabet, 1997 [isbn 0-905418-12-3]
[T] Dowding, Jeoffrey, Factors in the choise of type faces, 1957 (Wace & Company Ltd)
[T] Dowding, Jeoffrey, Finer points in the spacing and arrangement of type, 1966 (1954)
(Wace & Company Ltd)
[T] Dooijes, Dick, Over typografie en grafische kunst, 1966 (voorheen N. Tetterode)
[B] Dreyfus, John, The work of J. van Krimpen, an illustrated record, 1952
(W. de Haan)
[T] Engelhart, Ben (ea), 50 eeuwen schrift, 1988 [isbn 90-6834-028-X]
[T] Engelhart Ben (ea), Naar een beter handschrift, 1959 (Het Spectrum)
[E] Evans, Harold, Front page history, 1984 (Book Club Associates London)
[E] Evans, Harold, Handling newspaper text, 1974 [isbn 434-90551-8]
[E] Evans, Harold, Pictures on a page, 1978 [isbn 0-03-013131-6]
[T] Evetts, L.C., Roman Lettering, 1979 [isbn 0-273-01265-7]
[T] Fairbank, Alfred, A Book of Scripts, 1977 (Faber and Faber)
[T] Fairbank, Alfred, A Handwriting Manual, 1975 [isbn 0-571-04867-6]
[T] Fournier, Henri, Traité de la typographie, 1971 [isbn 0-576-72156-5]
[T] Faulamn, Carl, Buch der Schrift, 1985 [isbn 392156851X]
[T] Gill, Eric, Over typografie, 1955 (De Arbeiderspers)
[T] Gill, Eric, An Essay on Typography, 1988 (1936) [isbn 0-87923-762-7]

3. [T] Goudy, Frederic, W., Typologia, 1977 (1940) [isbn 0-520-03308-6]
[T] Goudy, Frederic, W., The alphabet and element of lettering, 1942 (1918)
[isbn 0-486-20792-7]
[T] Gray, Nicolete, Lettering on buildings, 1960 (The Architectural Press)
[–] Grillo, Paul Jacques, Form, function & design, 1960 [isbn 0-486-20182-1]
[B] Haiman, György, Nicholas Kis, 1983 [isbn 0-910760-12-8]
[T] Harling, Robert, The letterforms and type designs of Eric Gill, 1976 [isbn 0-903696-04-5]
[T] Hart, Horace, Harts’ rules for compositors and readers, 1967 [isbn 19-212939-2]
[T] Hartz, Sem, Essays, 1992 [isbn 90-6983-104-X]
[B] Hefting, Paul (ea), Benno Wissing, grafische en ruimtelijke ontwerpen
(Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen)
[T] Hellinga, W.Gs, Kopij en druk in de Nederlanden, 1962
(Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Mij)
[i] Holmes, Nigel, Designer’s Guide to Creating Charts & Diagrams, 1984 [isbn 0-8230-1315-4]
[–] Hubben, Hub, Het tomeloze talent in grafisch Nederland, 2000 [isbn 90-70386-61-5]
[G] Hurrel, Ron, The Thames and Hudson Manual of Television Graphics, 1973
[isbn 0-500-67004-8]
[T] Hutchinson, James, Letters, 1983 [isbn 0-906969-33-6]
[E] Hutt, Alan, Newspaper Design, 1960 (Oxford University Press)
[T] Jaspert, Pincus W. (ea), Encyclopedia of Type Faces, 1983 (1953)
[isbn 0-7137-1347-X]
[B] Jodard, Paul, Raymond Loewry, 1992 [isbn 0-8008-6642-8]
[T] Johnson, A.F., Type designs, their history and development, 1959 (Grafton & Co)
[T] Johnston, Edward, Formal Penmanship, 1971 [isbn 85331-405-5]
[T] Johnston, Edward, Writing & Illuminating & Lettering, 1977 [isbn 0-7136-2231-8]
[B] Kinross, Robin (ea), Karel Martens, printed matter drukwerk, 1996 [isbn 0-907259-11-1]
[B] Klemke, Werner (ea), Jan Tschichold, Leben und Werk des Typographen, 1977
(VEB Verlag der Kunst Dresden)
[T] Krimpen, H. van, Boek, 1966 (Van Loghem Slaterius)
[T] Krimpen, H. van, Grafisch zakboek, 1988 [isbn 90-213-0411-2]
[T[ Krimpen, J. van, On designing and devising type, 1962 (The Typophiles)
[T] Kuipers, Abe, Opschrift, op schrift, 1968 (Wolters Noordhoff)
[T] Kuipers, Reinold, Gerezen wit, 1990 [isbn90-214-7235-X]
[T] Lawson, Alexander, Anatomy of a Typeface,1990 [isbn 0-241-13267-3]
[T] Level, Jeff (ea), Font reference guide, version 5.0 [isbn 0-9646252-0-2]
[E] Lois, George, Covering The’60s – The Esquire Era [isbn1-885254-24-5]
[T] Lomen, Mathieu, Letterontwerpers, 1987 (Joh. Enschedé en Zonen Haarlem)
[–] Majorick, B., Ontwerpen en verwerpen, 1959 (Em Querido)
[T] McLean, Ruari, Modern Book Design, 1958 (Faber and Faber)
[E] McLean, Ruari, Magazine Design, 1969, (Oxford University Press)
[B] McLean, Ruari, Jan Tschichold: typographer, 1975 [isbn 0-85331-576-0]
[T] Mclean, Ruari, Typographers on type, 1995 [isbn 0-393-70201-4]
[T] Mclean, Ruari, The Thames and Huson Manual of Typography, 1980
[isbn 0-500-68022-1]
[G] McQuiston, Liz, Graphic Agitation 2 [isbn 0-7148-4177-3]
[T] Meynell, Francis (ea), Fleuron Anthology, 1973 [isbn 0-510-41850-3]
[i] Mijksenaar, Paul, De vorm zal u toegeworpen worden, 1996 [isbn 90-6450-224-2]
[i] Mijksenaar, Paul, Open Here,1999 [isbn 1-55670-962-5]

4. [T] James Moran, Stanley Morison, his typographic achievement, 1971
[isbn 85331-300-8]
[T] Morison, Stanley, Grondbeginselen der typografie, 1983 [isbn 90-70386-04-6]
[T] Morison, Stanley, First priciples of typography, 1996 (1967) [isbn 90-74372-14-7]
[T] Morison, Stanley, Letter forms, 1968 [isbn 370-00167-2]
[T] Morison, Stanley, A tally of types, 1973 [isbn 0-521-20043-1]
[T] Morison, Stanley & Updike, D.B., Selected correspondence, 1972 [isbn 0-85967-589-0]
[T] Nederlands Normalisatie Instituut, NEN 3225 (letter- en cijfervoorbeelden), 1962
[udc 003.34/.35.081]
[T] Noordzij, Gerrit, De streek, 1985 [isbn 90-70002-16-7]
[T] Noordzij, Gerrit, De staart van de kat, 1988 [isbn 90-90025-20-0]
[T] Ogg, Oscar, Three classics of Italian writing, 1953 (Dover)
[A] Olins, Wally, Corporate Identity, 1989 [isbn 0-500-01472-8]
[T] Osley, A.S., Scribes and Sources, 1980 [isbn 0-571-11315-X]
[T] Ovink, G.W. (ea), Anderhalve eeuw boektypografie, 1965 (G.J. Thieme)
[–] Pevsner, Nikolaus, Pioneers of Modern Design, 1960 [isbn 0-1402-0497-0]
[–] Pye, David, The nature and Art of Workmanship,1968 [isbn 0-521-06016-8]
[T] Renner, Paul, Die Kunst der Typographie, 1948 (Tempelhof, Berlin)
[T] —, Rookledge’s International handbook of typedesigners, 1991 [isbn1-870758-099]
[T] Rosbeek 27, Rijn/Rhein, over het werk van Walter Nikkels, 1989
[T] Ruder, Emil, Typographie, Typography, 1982 (1967) [isbn 3-7212-0043-8]
[T] Ryder, John, The Case fot Legibilty, 1979 [isbn 0-370-30158-7]
[T] Ryder, John, Printing for Pleasure,1976 [isbn 0-370-10443-9]
[G] Schreuders, Piet, Lay In, Lay Out, 1977 (G.J. Thiemefonds)
[G] Schrofer, Jurriaan, Keywords/sleutelwoorden, Piet Zwart 80, 1965 (Staatsdrukkerij)
[B] Schrofer, Jurriaan, Zienderogen, 1988 [isbn 90-70896-06-0]
[T] Shipcott, Grant, Typographical periodicals between the wars, 1980 [isbn 0-902692-19-4]
[T] Simon, Oliver, Introduction to typography, 1947 (Faber and Faber)
[B] Simon, Oliver, Printer and playground, 1955 (Faber and Faber)
[T] Sleurink, Hans, PrePress begrippenlijst, 1993 [isbn 90-313-1646-6]
[T] Soepnel, Ina, Festina Lente, Aldus Manutius,1986 [isbn 906011-430-2]
[T] Spencer, Herbert, Pioniere der modernen typographie, 1969 [isbn 3-7796-7504-8]
[T] Stadsdrukkerij (ea), Spelregels voor drukverkeer, 1973(Stadsdrukkerij Amsterdam)
[G] Staal, Gert (ea), Holland in vorm, 1987 [isbn 90-9001733-X]
[T] Steinberg, S.H., Five hundred years of printing, 1955 (Pelican)
[T] Stols, A.M.M., Het schone boek, 1979 [isbn 90-6397-018]
[B] Straten, Hans van, Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, de drukker van het paradijs, 1963
(Drukkerij Hooiberg)
[T] Tracey, Walter, Letters of Credit, 1986 [isbn 0-86092-085-2]
[T] Treebus, K.F., Tekstwijzer, 1982 [isbn 90-12-03900-2]
[T] Tschichold, Jan, Opstellen over typografie, 1988 [isbn90-70850-11-7]
[T] Tschichold, Jan, Wat iedereen van drukwerk behoort te weten, 1951 (Allert de Lange)
[T] Tschichold, Jan, Formenwandlungen der Et-Zeichen (VEB Verlag der Kunst)
[T] Tschichold, Jan, Typografische vormgeving, 1938 (Duwaer & Zonen)
[T] Tschichold, Jan, 10 veel voorkomende blunders bij boekproduktie, 1983 (Huis Clos)
[T] Tschichold, Jan, Letterkennis (De Arbeiderspers)
[T] The University of Chicago Press, A Manual Of Style, 1969 [isbn 0-226-77008-7]
[T] Updike, D.B., Some aspects of printing old and new, 1941 (William Edwin Rudge)

5. [T] Updike, D.B., Printing Types (volume 1 & 2), 1980 (1937) [isbn 0-486-23929-2]
[T] Warde, Beatrice, The Grystal Goblet, 1956 (The World Publishing Company)
[T] Williamson, Hugh, Methods of Book Design, 1983, [isbn 0-300-02663-3]
[B] Wolkers, Jan (ea), Leven in letters. Over Jan Vermeulen, 1992 [isbn90-70543-16-8]
[T] Zapf, Herman, About Alphabets, 1970 (1960) [isbn 0-262-24010-6]