Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A humorous and incisive analysis of the basic tenets of typography and how to turn them on their heads, this book will appeal to the conformist and the non-conformist in everyone - not just the newcomer to design."

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface (p. 9)
• Introduction (p. 11)
• Matthew Carter: On Typography (p. 13)
• The Twelve Disciples of Typography (p. 14)
• First Commandment: Thou shalt not apply more than three typefaces in a document (p. 18)
• Second Commandment: Thou shalt lay headlines large and at the top of a page (p. 20)
• Third Commandment: Thou shalt employ no other type size than 8pt to 10pt for body copy (p. 22)
• Fourth Commandment: Remember that a typeface that is not legible is not truly a typeface (p. 24)
• Fifth Commandment: Honour thy kerning, so that white space becomes visually equalized between characters (p. 26)
• Sixth Commandment: Thou shalt lay stress discreetly upon elements within text (p. 28)
• Seventh Commandment: Thou shalt not use only capitals when setting vast body copy (p. 30)
• Eighth Commandment: Thou shalt always align letters and words on a baseline (p. 32)
• Ninth Commandment: Thou shalt use flush-left, ragged-right type alignment (p. 34)
• Tenth Commandment: Thou shalt not make lines too short or too long (p. 36)