In a recent post about the timing of cover design in the publication process, I mentioned a colleague’s comment that typographic covers have the potential to wow just as much as those that feature a ...

In September 2009, type designer Jessica Hische started what would become a wildly popular personal project: Daily Drop Caps, in which she intricately illustrated a decorative letter every day and ...

The common adage warns against judging a book by its cover, but when you’re judging book covers, it’s only appropriate. This week, AIGA (the American Institute of Graphic Arts, a professional ...

Everywhere you look these days, businesses and advertisers are using stunning typography to grab your attention. With book typography in the news this month, I thought these 15 books with ...

Established in 1923 by the American Institute of Graphic Arts as “Fifty Books,” the 50 Books | 50 Covers competition has continued to carry on the tradition of awarding the best book designs, annually ...

Setting out to answer this how-long’s-a-piece-of-string style dilemma is a talk next month organised by West of England Design Forum, which has enlisted the help of renowned book cover designers David ...

RIT’s visual communication design MFA program is making its mark on the upcoming second edition of Mastering Type, hailed as a crucial guide to typography for print and web design. Three students, ...