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50 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2020

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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. Here he explains all that graphic design professionals need to know about designing with multicoloured fonts, from display fonts to body text.

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59 Essential Books Every Graphic Designer Should Read in 2022

Shillington

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. The book offers the reader techniques to develop new forms, fonts, logos and patterns dealing with every designer’s best friend—the grid.