Typography: A Manual of Design by Emil Ruder
Date
Credits
- Emil Ruder 2 Author
- Emil Ruder 2 Designer
Format
- Book 880
Type of Work
- Book 128
Publishers
Typefaces
Media
- paper 1703
Techniques
- printing 670
Locations Made
This book is a typographic design manual that focuses on the Swiss Modernist (International Style) design principles of legibility, structure, and function. The contents introduce grid-based layouts, sans-serif typefaces, consistent spacing, and asymmetrical compositions as part of the Swiss Modernism design ideal. This manual was a vessel for bringing Swiss Modernism worldwide, and served as a form of communication to perpetuate the basis of minimalist ideas from the constructivist movement.
Emil Ruder played a key role in the Swiss Modernism design movement, helping establish the the Basel School of Design along with well known Swiss Modernist designer Armin Hofmann. This typography manual serves as a way of expanding their teachings to help develop the modern design world outside of Switzerland.
