Robert Bringhurst is a Canadian poet, typographer and author. He is the author of The Elements of Typographic Style – a reference book of typefaces, glyphs and the visual and geometric arrangement of type. He has also translated works of epic poetry from Haida mythology into English. He lives on Quadra Island, near Campbell River, British Columbia (approximately 170 km northwest of Vancouver).
Series
Books
The Surface of Meaning
Books and Book Design in Canada
2008
A Short History of the Printed Word
1970
The typographic mind
2006
The Raven Steals the Light
1984
The Black Canoe
Bill Reid and the Spirit of Haida Gwaii
1991
The Ridge
2023
The Solid Form Of Language
An Essay On Writing And Meaning
2004
The Tree of Meaning
Language, Mind and Ecology
2006
The Beauty of the Weapons
Selected Poems
1982
Pieces of Map, Pieces of Music
1986
Ursa Major
A Polyphonic Masque For Speakers & Dancers
2003
A Story as Sharp as a Knife
The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
1999
The Elements of Typographic Style
1992
Everywhere Being Is Dancing
Twenty Pieces of Thinking
2007
Learning to Die
Wisdom in the Age of Climate Crisis
2018
What Is Reading For?
2011
