Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, Third Edition
Date
Credits
- Erik Spiekermann Author
- Erik Spiekermann Cover Designer
- Ferdinand Ulrich Book Designer
- Nikki Echler McDonald Editor
- David Van Ness Editor
- Chuck Anderson Cover Artist
Format
- Softcover Book 51
- Book 908
Publishers
Media
- paper 1733
Dimensions
Printed Pages
Erik Spiekermann (1947–) is the author and cover designer of Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, as well as the third edition’s layout designer and typesetter alongside graphic designer Ferdinand Ulrich. Spiekermann is a German graphic designer known for his type design, like FF Unit, FF Info, and FF Meta, as well as for his books and articles on type.
In Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works, he discusses typography, its history, functions, and how to manage the relationship between type and space/layout to ensure clear communication and visual aesthetics. The third edition offers a wide array of visual examples, including photos, fonts, and illustrations, and specifically discusses type in mobile and web context.
Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works primarily uses typefaces Equity and FF Unit. Typeface designer of Equity, Matthew Butterick (1970–), made adjustments to the already established font for the use of this book.
The sheep character on the front cover was drawn by Chuck Anderson.
