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10 Fresh Font Pairings for Editorial Design in 2020

Shillington

And one of the most important factors in all that is choosing fonts that complement each other well, both aesthetically and functionally. With millions of potential font combinations open to you, though, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Elena is a lovely font designed specifically for digital text.

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The 37 Best Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

With so many design books out there, it can take time to identify the true gems worth investing your time into reading. To help, I've compiled this list of the 37 best design books covering various specialities – from typography and layout to UX and web design.

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What is Sustainable Graphic Design?

UX Collective

Regardless of the final forms, if its client-based or self-initiated, I treat all my designs as opportunities for intellectual inquiry and self-expression. The Sustainabilitist Principles The Sustainabilitist Principles is a modular manifesto; a collection of the ways of thinking to sustainably design as I considered them in 2009.

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The 15 Best Web Design Books to Level Up Your Skills

Inkbot Design

The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst Typography triggers memories of tedious technical details from early training for many designers. Robert Bringhurst's design bible, The Elements of Typographic Style, will awaken your inner typography nerd in the best way possible. The Elements of Typographic Style: Version 4.0:

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50 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2020

Shillington

Part inspiration and part workbook, the images of hand-drawn type will inspire and excite any designer to draw and explore type. Drawing Type features real-world projects and sketchbooks of well-known type designers, including interviews about their processes. Buy the book. Why Fonts Matter by Sarah Hyndman. Buy the book.

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59 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2022

Shillington

Buy the book. Why Fonts Matter by Sarah Hyndman. Fonts have different personalities that can create trust, mistrust, give you confidence, make things seem easier to do or make a product taste better. Buy the book. Buy the book. Grid Systems in Graphic Design by Josef Müller-Brockmann. Buy the book.