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A “One-Man Print Archive of Culture, Community, and Social Change” — Café Royal Share Five Favorite Books

Eye on Design

Café Royal Books is a one-man print archive of culture, community, and social change based in Southport, UK. Café Royal Books has only ever been me. It started in 2005. We asked founder Craig Atkinson to share his story and recommend some of his favorite titles, in his own words. .

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How Hjärta Smärta Challenged the Male-Dominated Status Quo in the Early 2000s

Eye on Design

Long before higher education in art and design was within reach for me, and before my imagination stretched to even considering book design as something one could do for a living, I accidentally found a publication in the school library that absorbed me and still sits in my heart as one of the “magic” books of my life. .

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Uncharacteristic Characters

Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

I often use printed maps as an example of how sophisticated typography can educate users about how something works, without the need to refer people elsewhere for instructions. ” These are some of my drawings from 2005, to explore how the basic design might develop. The typographic family tree is forever growing.

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Independent type foundries set to be popular with designers in 2025

Creative Boom

Its four optical sizes (Micro, Text, Headline, and Poster) cater to different design needs, from small, legible text to large, impactful titles. Features such as generous x-heights, open forms, and proportional lining figures make it suitable for both digital and print. Nice by Fontwerk 6. Editorial Sans by Pangram Pangram 8.

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The Best Graphic Design Books to Buy

Inkbot Design

A great read to have on hand while you design, it is designed cleverly like a notebook so you can add your notes as you work through it. De Soto covers the entire creative process and everything from excellent typography tweaking tips to understanding colour and printing techniques. Penguin by Design: A Cover Story 1935-2005.

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Here’s Why John Updike Designed His Own Book Covers

Eye on Design

In a speech accepting the National Book Foundation medal , he described the dizzy happiness of seeing his words in print and credited Harry Ford, the designer of his first novel, The Poorhouse Fair , for the “delicious striped jacket and an elegant page format, in the typeface called Janson, that I have stuck with for over forty books since.”

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Patrick Thomas & his PULP silkscreen prints respond to the era of "truth decay"

Type room

A-Z presents , exhibition , Patrick Thomas , talk , Berlin , fake news , truth , artivism , silkscreen , silkscreening prints , newspaper , printing. In 2005 he published Black & White, a compilation of his work for the International Press. Thomas is a graphic artist, author and educator. Discover more here.