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Logo, Font & Lettering Bible
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Leslie Cab |
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| | Review: Willy Wonka for Designers
| | This is one of the coolest, most imaginative and thrilling books I've ever had the privilege of holding in my hands. It goes well beyond anything that I thought was even possible as a designer or illustrator. Growing up, I always thought I would be an "artist", maybe drawing comics or doing special effects for movies, but ended up making my living as a designer, and a pretty poor one at that. It was so affirming to find this book. Amazing possibilities leap off every page. It's not another boring design manual. Think of this book as someone handing you the keys to Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. It's that wild and that good and you won't look at being a designer the same way again. |
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| | Review: In a league of its own
| | Unlike the vast majority of books on the subject, this one actually goes beyond being a type/lettering showcase and actually teaches you the nuts and bolts of modifying type for logos and display type and actually have it look professional. Here, you learn how to tweak letterforms, creating optically balanced shadows, work with tightly-kerned text and more. Great overview of letterform anatomy and how to do your own hand-lettering. Loads of examples, tips and tricks from an expert craftsman would. |
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| | Review: Not an expert in his field
| | I would not recommend any of his type books. If you are looking for a book on logo design or typography, I would HIGHLY recommend Doyald Young's books. |
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| | Review: An education in a book
| This is a really comprehensive overview of lettering and design. Every page is crammed with useful or interesting content. Reading it feels like sitting down with an experienced designer who draws examples for you, tells anecdotes about the subject, and leaves you realizing you've learned more than you ever expected without even noticing. The author analyzes designs of the past and present, explains the principles that define whether or not they work, and teaches you how to do it yourself.
I can't recommend this book highly enough, especially for students and the self-taught. Is the author's style idiosyncratic? Sure, and that's one of the things that makes this book so great. I have a shelf full of dry, flat, tasteless design books; this is a banquet for the eyes and the mind. It's a book you can read for pleasure (at least, if you're the kind of person to whom learning about design is pleasurable) instead of just trudging through it for instruction. It's not so much about HOW to do things (although there are excellent tutorial sections) as on WHY to do them, or not do them -- the latter of which is desperately needed today. And for the individual who complained that the tutorals are specific to certain software: if you can't look at an explanation of how to draw a curve in Illustrator, for example, and just use the corresponding tools in whatever graphics software you have, this field just isn't for you.
I only rated this book at 5 stars because Amazon wouldn't let me tape a sixth one on to the end. If you have any interest, even casually, in lettering, in logo design, or in typography, this book is a must. |
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| | Review: All-In-One
| | A great book full of inspiring examples, a great history behind logos and fonts, perfect tutorials for the entire process of logo-making, ... This book has it all and the author has a great sense of humour which makes this a very enjoyable read. I learned quite a lot from this book and regulary browse through it in search for inspiration and helpful hints. Even the layout of every page and the daring tyopgraphy on them makes this book a must-have. |
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