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The Origin of the Serif: Brush Writings & Roman Letters by Edward M. Catich

The Origin of the Serif: Brush Writings & Roman Letters

Edward M. Catich

311 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

5.0drj's review
nonfiction design challenging informative reflective medium-paced
In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector by Jessica Hische

In Progress: See Inside a Lettering Artist's Sketchbook and Process, from Pencil to Vector

Jessica Hische

176 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

5.0drj's review
nonfiction art design informative inspiring lighthearted slow-paced
The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst

The Elements of Typographic Style

Robert Bringhurst

352 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

5.0drj's review
nonfiction art design reference informative inspiring slow-paced
The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Dispossessed

Hainish Cycle

Ursula K. Le Guin

387 pages • first pub 1974 (editions)

5.0drj's review
fiction classics science fiction speculative fiction adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced