Try: Alex W. White "The elements of graphic design", Allworth Press it discuss the basic principle with an eye on white space and Carl Diar, "Design with type", University of Toronto Press a classic on type and contrast, and elements of graphic design and if you are going to put in numbers and diagrams Edward R. Tufte, "The visual display of quantitative information" (also a beatyfull book itself) ciao
On 9/3/06, Dave Crossland <dave at lab6.com> wrote: > > On 03/09/06, Tony Cowderoy <tony at cowderoy.co.uk> wrote: > > > > Can anyone recommend a good book on design, in English, suitable for a > > beginner who knows quite a lot about software but not much about > > professional design? I don't want a "how to design with package X" > > book. I want one that is about design, not software and I'm looking for > > something that starts with basic principles but also goes into quite a > > lot of depth. Any suggestions? > > 'The Non Designers Design Book' by Robin Williams is awesome and just > what you want. I also highly recommend her 'type' book. > > -- > Regards, > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20060903/bf4e4c49/attachment.html
