Spiekerman and Ginger provide a short, fun examination a ton of different type faces and how they might be best used.
The reader will learn that a typeface itself sends a message and can itself manipulate the meaning of text. How proper leading and measure can aid or hinder the reader depending on the kind of text meant to be consumed. Newspapers generally have short measure to aid a reader in being able quickly absorb the text, while a book or long form journal entry is more often set with a much wider measure to encourage long distance reading.
This is a fun, colorful book that provides good explanations of how different typefaces and type setting methods can impact a design.