I read a lot of books about the evolution of textual production: books about the making of books. Though I own far more books on typography and lettering, books are where typography goes to work. Currently, I’m reading Keith Houston’s The Book. I want to order Houston’s Shady Characters to read, too. I…
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Commercial Printing printing for distribution After completing a layout, most in-house designers send large jobs out to a commercial printer. While laser printers and affordable color printers are suitable to smaller tasks, professional quality reproductions require hardware that most companies do not own. It is impractical to print 1000 copies…
Online and Desktop Publishing Professional quality design at home or work We assembled this site after reading what was available for in-house designers. These sites were too vague or too detailed. The sites that explained design principles well gave few examples. Sites with great examples gave shallow explanations of what…