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The Alphabetic Labyrinth: The Letters in History by Johanna Drucker. Johanna Drucker gives us a comprehensive history of the alphabet, or should I say alphabets. She tells us about everything from the history of type face, to groups using various alphabets to justify their existence as a nation. Drucker also examines the various ways individuals have interpreted the alphabet; as a divine gift from a higher being to a necessary creation of "civilized" governments. This book was a fantastic read, although some sections required more than one reading for complete comprehension. A very informative book. Available in Hardback: Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $31.50 (A saving of $13.50 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £26.96 (A saving of £2.99 on list price) Click here for more information. ...and Paperback: Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $22.00 (A saving of $5.50 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £11.96 (A saving of £2.99 on list price) Click here for more information.

A Blip In the continuum by Robin Williams. In this full-color book, author Robin Williams and illustrator John Tollett celebrate the new wave of type design known as "grunge" typography. The book consists of famous and not-so-famous quotes about type and design set in a range of grunge fonts, using rule-breaking layouts. The illustrations, created in Fractal Design Painter, complement the text. Includes a companion disk containing 22 freeware and shareware grunge fonts, several of which were newly created for this book. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $18.36 (A saving of $4.59 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £19.95 Click here for more information.

Beyond the Mac Is Not a Typewriter : More Typographic Insights and Secrets by Robin Williams Think of this as the typography equivalent of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style. This little book not only defines the principles governing type but explains the logic behind them so readers can understand and see what looks best and why. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $13.56 (A saving of $3.39 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £15.99 Click here for more information.

Celtic Alphabets by Aidan Meehan Meehan's brilliantly creative study of the great Celtic manuscripts underpins this wonderful collection of 16 alphabets. From sixth-century birds to late medieval Celtic dragons, from early Celtic spirals to the latter Tree of Life, more than 400 drawings cover the whole spectrum of Celtic ornament in its most useful form, as well as the fascinating evolution of the letterforms themselves, from Roman to Irish Gothic . Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $12.76 (A saving of $3.19 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £7.16 (A saving of $0.79 on list price) Click here for more information. (This title is only available in US edition)

Counterpunch: Making Type in the Sixteenth Century, Designing Typefaces Now by Fred Smeijers Fred Smeijers reveals a whole new theory about how punchcutters operated in 'the lead age'. That this is of use to a modern, digital typeface-designer may surprise a lot of people, but if you read this book, you'll know it. Brilliantly illustrated by Fred himself, and the typeface used, the 'Renard', has all the potency to beat a lot of so called 'serious serifs'. He may seem very direct in his choise of words, but perhaps its because he is right!? Read and enjoy! Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $24.50 (A saving of $10.50 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £20.25 (A saving of £2.25 on list price) Click here for more information.

Creating Killer Web Sites : The Art of Third-Generation Site Design by David Siegel Whether you are making a personal page, a site for a client, or a corporate site, you'll find this book invaluable for all aspects of design: site structure, use of metaphor and theme, information-based sites, third-generation sites (what they are, why they work), layout control, Photoshop tricks galore, why you should avoid using most standard HTML tags, choosing good fonts, how not to use frames, future versions of HTML, and more! Six detailed chapters take you step-by-step through a third-generation site makeover, creation of a personal page, a storefront, a hotlist, and a gallery. Includes two chapters on making web sites with Adobe Acrobat using your favorite page layout program instead of HTML! Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $45.00 Click here for more information. (This title is only available in US edition)

The Art of Calligraphy by David Harris This unique guide integrates detailed, step-by-step techniques with authoritative historical background of all the major forms of Latin-based scripts. Exercises on every script, including Roman Rustic, Early Gothic and Rotunda, plus practical information on choosing equipment and material, help readers master the art of calligraphy. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $17.47 (A saving of $7.48 on list price) Click here for more information. (This title is only available in US edition)

Designing Books: Practice and Theoryby Jost Hochuli & Robin Kinross This book has three parts. In the first two, basic principles in the theory and practice of book design are discussed. The third part then shows how the ideas of the first and second parts have been applied in particular examples. 'Book design as a school of thought' was originally delivered (in German) as a lecture and published as a pamphlet, in 1991. This is its first publication in English. 'Designing books' was published as a separate booklet by Agfa (Wilmington, Mass.) in 1989, in German. Translation into several other languages followed, including an English edition (1990): all long out of print. The version published here has been revised and considerably augmented with new illustrations. The third part, 'Books designed by Jost Hochuli', is completely new. Here Robin Kinross comments on 27 of Hochuli's works. Both authors are internationally known, Kinross more as critic and historian, Hochuli above all as a practitioner. In this book they offer a serious introduction to book design, free of ideological dogma. Short and concise, it contains a rich, painstakingly selected fund of illustrations. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $28.00 (A saving of $12.00 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £22.50 (A saving of £2.50 on list price) Click here for more information.

Designing Infographics by Eric K. Meyer In Designing Infographics, author Eric K. Meyer teaches you how to create charts, tables, graphs, maps, diagrams, and sequences that successfully sum up, clarify, and visualize data. You learn how to think visually and present information honestly, and when to use certain types of graphics. Meyer explains how to decide how vivid the graphic should be, how to organize your data in the graphic, and what sort of data metaphor to use. There's an overview of major Windows and Macintosh drawing programs, such as Macromedia FreeHand and Adobe Illustrator, and useful instruction on creating graphics. Meyer also touches on copyright issues and Web graphics. This is a great hands-on book for artists and designers who need to create successful infographics. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $31.99 (A saving of $8.00 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £36.50 Click here for more information.

Digital Type Design Guide : The Page Designer's Guide to Working With Type by Sean Cavanaugh, Ken Oyer Appealing to graphic designers and desktop publishers, Cavanaugh's guide provides an aesthetic and technical approach to the discussion of typography. To compliment the text, over 200 fonts are included that showcase the art and practicality of typography. The CD contains over 200 typefaces licensed from SoftMaker, Inc. This is the page designer's guide to working with type. This book will help you give your work a more professional look as you explore technical and artistic considerations for type-a must for designers. - Takes an aesthetic and technical approach to typography - Includes screen shots and step-by-step examples - Install fonts on Macintosh and Windows 95 Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $36.00 (A saving of $9.00 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £40.79 Click here for more information.

Digital Type (Motif Design) by Stephen Knapp Over one hundred examples of digitally manipulated fonts taken from all areas of graphic design. 150 colour illus. A Rockport book. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $24.49 (A saving of $10.50 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £26.96 (A saving of £2.99 on list price) Click here for more information.

Dictionary of Symbols (Norton Paperback) by Carl G. Liungman, Carl G. Luingman Translated from the 1974 Swedish version, explains the functions, meanings, history, and systems of about 1,500 graphic symbols known in western culture. A classification based on three structural features (symmetry, open/closed, straight/curved lines) provides the organization of the main list. Well cross-referenced to different symbols with similar meanings and similar signs with different meanings. An 80-page introduction thoroughly discusses symbols. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $15.16 (A saving of $3.79 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £13.40 Click here for more information.

Dimensional Typography: Case Studies on the Shape of Letters in Virtual Environments by J. Abbott Miller This "book" is a catalyst. It presents case studies in 3D typography that have the potential of starting a mental fire. It is both abstract and revealing; smallish but full of energy. The value of this book is not in its content, but in its ability to get the creative wheels turning. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $10.36 (A saving of $2.59 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £8.10 (A saving of £0.90 on list price) Click here for more information.

The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Arts by Richard A. Lanham Chosen a Notable Book of the Year by the "New York Times Book Review," Richard Lanham's "The Electronic Word" surveys the effects of electronic text on the arts and letters. Insisting that the move from book to screen gives cause for optimism, not apocalyptic despair, Lanham proclaims that "electronic expression has come not to destroy the Western arts but to fulfill them. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $12 (A saving of $3 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £10.76 (A saving of £1.19 on list price) Click here for more information.

An Embarrassment of Misprints: Comical and Disastrous Typos of the Centuries by Max Hall Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $6.96 (A saving of $2.99 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £6.29 (A saving of £0.70 on list price) Click here for more information.

The End of Print: The Graphic Design of David Carson by Lewis Blackwell & David Carson If it weren't for the experimentations of David Carson, I would not be a graphic designer today. I'd probably be teaching painting somewhere hating life. The End of Print is a study in composition and type. Typography can be the most imaginative, illustrative aspect of a design, and Carson has brought this thinking to a generation of designers, myself included. People are starting to read again and he is one of the reasons, along with a hand ful of other designers who revolutionized the field in the late 80's and early 90's. Stale and stagnant is what design would be toda, I think that Carson is one of the pioneers of graphic design, and The End of Print should be used as an influence for anyone who considers graphic design as a career choice. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $19.96 (A saving of $4.99 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £14.42 (A saving of £1.97 on list price) Click here for more information.

Experimental Typography (Working With Computer Type, No 4) by Rob Carter Using desktop computers, graphic designers have vigorously plunged into the waters of typographic experimentation, irrevocably altering the way they approach and translate ideas into visual form. This book offers a range of typographic experiments by leading graphic design professionals and advanced students. Each project is discussed in detail, revealing both methods and rationale. 1,600 illustrations. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $28.00 (A saving of $7.00 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £20.25 (A saving of £2.25 on list price) Click here for more information.

Glossary of Typesetting Terms (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing) by Richard Eckersley, Charles M. Ellerston, Richard Hendel, Naomi B. Pascal & Anita Walker Scott About 900 entries--some traditional terms, some connected with computers--are defined by a team of designers, editors, compositors, and production managers. The appendixes include sample house style sheets, and cover type styles, the parts of a book and of a letter, coding and marking manuscript, writing specifications for tables, proofreaders' marks, and special characters. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $20 Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £14.36 (A saving of £1.59 on list price) Click here for more information.

A Guide to Publishing User Manuals (Wiley Technical Communication Library Series) by Ken Whitaker Targets those on a tight budget who are producing user manuals with whatever desktop publishing they currently have installed on their PCs. Provides indispensable advice in order to create a manual from start to finish with emphasis on organizing the document, administering the documentation process, style guidelines, desktop publishing techniques, producing graphics, drawing, and screen shots. Includes a wealth of diagrams, templates, and screen shots. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $23.96 (A saving of $5.99 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £24.75 (A saving of £2.75 on list price) Click here for more information.

Letterheads in the 3rd Dimension by David E. Carter (Editor), Suzanna M. Brown (Illustrator) I recently saw a trend of designers using the back as well as front of letterheads, as well as die cuts, and other "dimensional" effects. This book has more than 160 examples of such designs, all photographed at nearly actual size so that the viewer can see the techniques which were used. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $31.96 (A saving of $7.99 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £23.10 (A saving of £3.15 on list price) Click here for more information.

The Letter Jesters: A Kids’ Guide to Letterforms by Cathryn Falwell Letters are everywhere,'' begins this joyous first look at typography, in which two jesters and their little dog romp through a simple, but by no means simplistic, presentation of typefaces and their uses. Samples found in such varied places as on a popcorn container, a stop sign, and a circus poster lead into a broad range of faces, with more than 70 samples chosen for their wide use, historical significance, and intriguing names or appearances. A few succinct, well-chosen words elucidate such basics as the difference between light and bold faces, the origins of roman and italic letters, how type is measured, and serifs. A final sequence demonstrates how type can declare a mood or echo a subject. Whether juggling the letters that compose a word or sliding merrily down a giant italic ``A,'' Falwell's (We Have a Baby, 1993, etc.) three bell-capped impresarios, rendered in flat, bold colors, are graceful and marvelously expressive against the clean white ground. But the letters steal the show. This lucid, beautifully organized and designed book is a splendid introduction to an often overlooked art that is, indeed, everywhere. Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $10.46 (A saving of $4.49 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £8.64 (A saving of £1.18 on list price) Click here for more information.

Looking Closer: Critical Writings on Graphic Design edited by Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, Steven Heller & D.K. Holland To jump smack dab into the middle of the current graphic design dialogue, read Looking Closer and Looking Closer 2. These volumes combined offer 80-plus lucid commentaries on everything from "jive modernism" and the social function(s) of design to postmodern theory and its implications for design. What astonishes me about these visual artists' texts is just how stylish, thoughtful, accessible and engaging they are. . . . the reader feels privileged to eavesdrop on the cream of the profession . . . talk theory and talk shop with each other in readily comprehensible ways . . . Amazon/Mac Font Vault Price $15.16 (A saving of $3.79 on list price) Click here for more information. IBS/Mac Font Vault Price £13.46 (A saving of £1.49 on list price) Click here for more information.