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Typography Essay: Stop Stealing Sheep & Find out How Type Works

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The Latest Revised Edition Marking its 20th Anniversary of Publication
Revisiting Erik Spiekermann’s “Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works”

Published across Korea, Germany, Russia, Portugal, and Poland over the past 20 years, this global bestseller “Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works” provides students studying typography and type enthusiasts with a clear and accessible understanding of type and design. Erik Spiekermann - a type designer, typography writer, and information architect - has completely updated this revised edition to address web and mobile typography. He has added numerous fresh visual materials demonstrating effective communication through type, and carefully selected and explained new typefaces. Spiekermann’s appealing and sensible approach will help readers understand how to view and handle type, how to choose appropriate typefaces for specific messages, and how to express themselves more effectively through design.

Erik Spiekermann

Erik Spiekermann is a German typographer, designer and writer. He is an honorary professor at the University of the Arts Bremen and ArtCenter College of Design.

Kim Ju-sung

They graduated from the Graduate School of Industrial Arts at Hongik University. They have served as a researcher at Seoul Graphic Center, Creative Director at Type House and Inter Graphic, Production Director at Pureun Gamsung Co., Ltd., Vice President of the Korea Visual Information Design Association, Vice President of the Korean Society of Typography, and Vice President of the Korean Society of Basic Design & Art. They have participated in various exhibitions both domestic and international, including Typojanchi. Currently, they are teaching typography at the Department of Communication Design at Myongji College.

Lee Yong-shin

Lee Yong-shin studied Korean Language and Literature at Yonsei University, Industrial Design at Seoul National University, and Communication Design at Pratt Institute Graduate School. He has worked as a designer at magazines Glamour and Advertising Age, and now works as an art director at CMYK+WHITE, a design firm in New York City.
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