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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).
1970
The Classical Haida Mythtellers and Their World
1999
Twenty Pieces of Thinking
2007
Wisdom in the Age of Climate Crisis
2018
The Natural History of a Typeface
2016
1986
2010
Selected Poems
1982
Bill Reid and the Spirit of Haida Gwaii
1991
1992
1984
2023
An Essay On Writing And Meaning
2004
Books and Book Design in Canada
2008
Language, Mind and Ecology
2006
2006
A Polyphonic Masque For Speakers & Dancers
2003
2011
