Inspiration ☼ Resources
We should totally have inspiration/resources posts . . . —Shelby
☞Inspiration
Writing for Blogs
- Shawn Blanc’s Content, Please and Why We Began Blogging
- 43folders on What Makes for a Good Blog and Kurt Vonnegut’s tips for writers (Orwell’s tips are also posted in the comments)
Typography
- Jon Tan on Paragraphs in Web Typography and Design (highly recommended)
Book Design: Interiors
Galleries of Book Interiors
- Felix’s Modernist Book Design in Germany and Switzerland, 1925–1965 (and beyond)
- 41 Stunning Books from the University of Otago Library (Modern private press)
Frontmatter
- Flickr pool: Table of Contents
- Thirty Tables of Contents from Design Observer
☞ Resources
SP: How’s this for a start? What else are you looking for?
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Excellent! That TOC Flickr pool is fascinating. (And I could definitely stand to take a look at those blog-writing links, ahem.)
How about:
Identifont
All Good Things Typography (though I’ve only skimmed that, so I’m not sure how useful or up-to-date it is)
Maybe it’s out of the scope of this project, but I also have a few links to sites on how to bind your own books.
Shelby
September 23, 2008 at 3:08 pm