Kinross is perhaps the most acute and interesting writer on typography working in English and this survey of typographic history, from 1700 to the present, is a classic account. Modern Typography’s European manner of design fully embodies the text’s principles: well made, light in weight, a pleasure to carry and hold, and eminently readable. Kinross handles the visual examples with exemplary restraint and provides fine discursive captions. First published in 1992 by Kinross’s Hyphen Press, the book was revised in 2004; the second edition is the obvious one to go for, but devotees of this publisher’s meticulously crafted output will want both.