Tuts Plus

JULY 23, 2020

To recreate the fairy-tale book design pictured, you’ll also need to download the following images, brushes, and fonts: Adorabelle Script. How Should I Plan My Cover Design? Set the Font to Adorabelle Regular, Size 120 pt. Apply the new swatch to the Font Color of "airy". Adobe Photoshop. Lino Cut Brushes.

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Spine Magazine

JANUARY 14, 2020

Luke Bird is a graphic designer specialising in book design, branding, food packaging and limited edition packaging for music and books. Since 2018, I’ve been designing a sort of ‘standalone series’ for Granta in the UK, called Granta Editions. I hope it also feels a little bohemian.

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Inkbot Design

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It's a great introduction to the design world and a valuable resource for those interested in learning more about it. Some design terms can be tricky to define, and I found myself referring to this book to help me get my head around them. 2 – The Non-Designer's Design Book. −$16.46.

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Tuts Plus

OCTOBER 15, 2019

What does it take for a font to change the world? A testament to the power of type, here you’ll find fonts that have the power to win landslide elections and build empires, as well as helping billions of people reach their destinations every day. . Looking for fonts similar to the ones in our edit? Melody Nieves. 20 Mar 2017.

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Thinking Design

APRIL 11, 2018

From Copyright Alliance, original post can be found here: copyrightalliance.org/ca_post/book-designer-secondari/ This week we would like you to meet Creative Director and Book Designer Linda Secondari. What was the inspiration behind becoming a Creative Director and Book Designer? Who will it live with?

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Eye on Design

AUGUST 23, 2021

While most cover designers prefer to look outside the literary world for creative inspiration, Comrie says marketing departments at publishing houses tend to lead their designers back to previous bestsellers. Nobody’s saying, ‘this is an image from a brand that we think would translate well to a book cover.’

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 25, 2024

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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Inkbot Design

JUNE 23, 2023

Hyperlinks and Cross-References : Take advantage of the digital nature of eBooks by including relevant hyperlinks to external sources, additional reading materials, or references. The font size, line spacing, and image dimensions vary depending on the device and e-reader software.

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MyInkBlog

AUGUST 15, 2019

Another cool reference that I found was Typography is Sexy Part I, II and III over at Fuel your Creativity. Use the image below as a reference for the settings: A Little About Color Theory I’ve spoke about it before in my Design Inspiration with a Yellow Focus post, but I really enjoy the simplicity and elegance of a one-color theme design.

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Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

JULY 11, 2017

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. I’d had this idea that even though the design was a serif, it might have sans serif small caps, because this is how I write.

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Fonts in Use

MARCH 16, 2019

Today it’s recognized as the first modern-day artist’s book. Designers & Books , in collaboration with the Center for Italian Modern Art and Mart , is currently running a crowdfunding campaign to print a facsimile edition. In this article, we’ll take a look at the fonts that Depero used.

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Inspiration Feed

JANUARY 5, 2022

If you’re a graphic designer or typographer, intimate understanding of typography is vital for your success. Today we collected must read books for passionate… The post 15 Enlightening Books for Typography Enthusiasts appeared first on Inspirationfeed.

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Inkbot Design

JANUARY 9, 2024

Topics span: Creative concepts and themes Style guide creation Branding and identity design Publication and editorial design Packaging designs Unconventional formats and finishes Complete with hundreds of colour images; this book provides endless inspiration through proven ideas ready for new interpretations.

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Inkbot Design

AUGUST 8, 2023

It demonstrates the remarkable creativity that can emerge through constraints when designers seek visual strength through precision and reduction. For those interested in the history and theory of identity design, Logo Modernism provides an unparalleled reference guide to a pivotal era when logos embraced the power of paring back.

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Eye on Design

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

New wave melded its influences into more than a sum of its parts, transforming niche visual reference points and repurposing them in a way that still feels decidedly “cult,” yet with one eye firmly on the realm of pop culture. “ Another distinctive element of new wave graphics is the use of texture and pattern in repetitions and layers.

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UX Collective

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Should Sustainable graphic design then carry with it additional new forms and aesthetics? An example: Selecting a font Should a font’s appearance matter as much as the energy and material and social ills it saves? Is selecting a font that uses minimal ink the best way to select a font? Can we combine the these?

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Inkbot Design

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The range of reference images in the book is impressive, with contributions from Gutenberg to Paula Scher. A book that should be on every creative’s shelf, “Thinking with Type”, doesn’t just tell you the do’s and don’t’s of typography; it shows you. −$18.62. $14.37.

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Spine Magazine

JUNE 24, 2021

Alice Laurent is a graphic designer based in Lausanne, Switzerland who specialises in book design. Here she takes us through her design process for Ghosted. So my brain wasn’t too clogged-up with book references or conventions to follow. The brief for Ghosted was the kind you wish you’d get more often.

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Eye on Design

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

It is also a visual experience asserting that Pendleton is as much a book designer as a painter and video maker. designer David Reinfurt criticizes Pendleton for using Arial, describing the font as hard to place and not firmly linked to history. In a 2009 essay titled Adam, Why Arial? Who Is Queen?

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Shillington

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Across two volumes and 960 pages, Jens Muller’s History of Graphic Design covers graphic design from 1890 to today. That’s 131 years of the finest that graphic design has and has had to offer. But this lovingly conceived reference is organised and laid out in a way that’s easy to digest. Buy the book.

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Shillington

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

This first volume of Jens Müller’s comprehensive and enlightening 2017 book traces 70 years of graphic design, designers, and developments from the late 19th century through the economic boom after the Second World War. But this lovingly conceived reference is organised and laid out in a way that’s easy to digest.

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