As well as those already mentioned; Exploring Typography by Tova Rabinowitz is well worth having a look at.
It's a recent release (Feb this year) and as well as typography exploration it goes into depth with design, page/grid layouts and a whole lot more (visual gestalt for example). Each chapter begins by listing the chapter objectives and concludes with a summary plus assignments with the aim to build a coherent working knowledge leading from one chapter to the next. ...one of the best books for page layout design/typography newbies I've seen. Cheers, Peter On Sun, 2006-09-03 at 10:55 +0100, Tony Cowderoy wrote: > I've used Scribus 1.3 to produce my company's brochure this year. I'm > an occasional user of DTP and not a professional designer. Using > Scribus has made me begin to realise just how little I know about visual > design. > > 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? > > Tony Cowderoy > _______________________________________________ > Scribus mailing list > Scribus at nashi.altmuehlnet.de > http://nashi.altmuehlnet.de/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
