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Must Have Book!

The Mac is Not a Typewriter by Robin Williams

Should be required reading for EVERYONE with a keyboard and not just Graphic Designers. Anyone who refuses to read it should be beaten with a rolled up copy until they capitulate!

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Five books and a magazine for a new graphic design program

The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst; The Non-Designers Design Book by Robin Williams; Universal Principles of Design by Lidwell, Holden and Butler; The Big Book of Design Ideas by David Carter; Color Index by Jim Krause; Before & After Magazine

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Desert Island Reading

I recommend "Graphically Speaking" by Mark Beach

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My list of five

Nigel French - InDesign Type: Professional Typography
David Bergsland - Introduction to Digital Publishing
Dan Margulis - Profession Photoshop
Robin Williams, Sandee Cohen - Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book
Leslie Cabarga - Logo, Font & Lettering Bible: A Comprehensive Guide to the Design, Construction and Usage of Alphabets and Symbols

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Desert Island Reading picks

The Elements of Typographic Style by R. Bringhurst
The Chicago Manual of Style by University of Chicago Press
A History of Graphic Design by Philip Meggs
Anatomy of a Typeface by Alexander Lawson
Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students by Ellen Lupton

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desert island reading

no real information given yet

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Desert Island Reading - five books I recommend for a new graphic

In no particular order:

- "Pantone Guide to Communicating with Color" (Eiseman) / Grafix Press
- "Style manual: for authors, editors and printers" - Sixth edition 2002 (Australian Government Department of Finance and Administration) / Wiley Australia
- Any or all in the "Wow! Book" series / Peachpit Press
- "Thinking with Type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Design Briefs)" (Lupton) / Princeton Architectural Press
- "Universal Principles of Design" (Lidwell, Holden & Butler) / Rockport Publishers

Also Useful:
- "The CSS Anthology - 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks" (Andrew) / Sitepoint
- "Grid Systems in Graphic Design: A Visual Communication Manual" (Muller-Brockman) / Hastings House Publishers

Good reading!

Andrew MacFarlane

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