Flip side to:
Worked up the list below for a tech support post (context is sign layout and design):
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While not on graphic design per se,
is a worthwhile read as well.
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A couple of older books on lettering which I am very fond of:
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The Perfectionists:
https://www.amazon.com/The-Perfectionists-audiobook/dp/B07B6GCRZ6
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I’ll take your word on the audiobook, Rob, but the illustrations for me were a significant part of the story…
By Design 2nd edition: Why There Are No Locks on the Bathroom Doors in the Hotel Louis XIV and Other Object Lessons:
Full disclosure: This is the 2nd edition, I have only read the 1st edition but it looks like the main content (which is excellent) has not changed.
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A couple of books which recently made their way into my Amazon/ABEBooks carts:
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I LOVE me some Eric Sloane! He is definitely exactly the type of illustrator I like and strive to emulate at times. Was actually looking at one of his books when I did the lettering on this drawing/painting.
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Found this site on a search this morning:
some dead links, in particular the bookshelves at Project Gutenberg, but it’s pretty easy to navigate to “Reading Lists”:
then to choose the desired topic, say “Woodwork”:
For my part, finishing up various books, and re-reading Ursula K. LeGuin’s The Language of the Night and most notably, working through:
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