TRACY, Walter. Letters of Credit: A View of Type Design.

(Boston, MA): David R. Godine, 1986.  First US edition.  Hardcover.  25.5cm by 18cm.  219 pages.  A step-by-step examination of type-design esthetics. Here are the gut issues of what makes type good or bad, legible or unreadable. Extensively illustrated with both typefaces and line drawings, this book belongs on the shelf of anyone interested in thehistory of letters or in the artistry and peculiar problems that lie behind their production. A very good copy in dust jacket.