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Monday, February 8, 2010

Design and Typographic Principles for the Visual Novice



Seriously? Wow. This must actually be a modified version of Papyrus, or heavily influenced, but clearly designed by non-designers too. Priya discovered this gem on Amazon.com (geez, I wish I had an affiliate account, I could make a fortune off this link ;)

To be a bit fair, although I wish I didn't have to be, the date on that book is 1994 and it looks like it was probably made before the everyone and their daughters' nephews started using Papyrus for their business identities. But still...the irony.

You judge:
Posted by Papyrus Watcher at 1:43 PM
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10 comments:

  1. I have that book on my book shelf!
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  2. I think I just threw up a little.
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  3. Well, seems to me the perfect book if you want to learn non-design.
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  4. I've read the book, and the graphic design is shit. If I remember correctly, she uses some Comic Sans too? Seriously, the experience of this book was nauseating.

    On the other hand, Williams offers some solid advice. Her other books ("The PC is not a Typewriter") are decent.
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  5. This is not papyrus, just some other lame chunky font.
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  6. Yeah, thought maybe it was modified but I think it must just be influenced by Papyrus...it's pretty rugged nonetheless.
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  7. This is NOT Papyrus.

    It's a rip off of Rennie Mackintosh.
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  8. Written by Mork for Ork!
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  9. I used this book when I first started learning design. The general look and feel are horribly outdated (weird geometric stamp-like shapes, neon colours, oh so very 90s) the actual principles of design that it covers are solid. It's not that the author of this book doesn't know what she's talking about, it's just that the design style she's using is fifteen years out of date.
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  10. This is a good book! Ironically, the newer cover isn't much more appealing.

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321534050/ref=ase_thedesignpublish
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