Links & stuff
Here are some other sites and resources that deal with designing for print.
Design related sites & blogs
- I like the podcast of INDESIGNsecrets but the site is great as well.
- It is always a joy to read ‘The Simpleton‘.
- A recent discovery: Designorati
- Notes on design is an interesting blog.
- Allgraphicdesign has an incredible collection of links to design and prepress related sites.
- Publish – for the Dutch speaking design community.
Newsletters
Format is an e-mail magazine dedicated to publishing. It is interesting for other users as well as it also covers fonts, new software on the market, info on scripting,…
Newsgroups & forums
You can obviously visit the vendor forums, such as the extensive Adobe ones. Ever since prepressforums was purchased by WhatTheyThink, you have a choice of independent forums. There is no clear winner yet so have a look at:
- b4print – My personal favorite!
- Prepressforum
- PrintPlanet
- Allgraphicdesign
Books
The Non-Designer’s Type Book
I bought this book a few years ago and really liked it. Robin Williams gently explains the basics about type and what to use for which occasion. ISBN-13: 978-0201353679
Real World Adobe InDesign
There are editions of this book for every version of InDesign. I loved earlier books by Olav Martin Kvern and still have fond memories of his ‘Real world’ book on PageMaker: in-depth information, knowledgeable, yet easy to read. The CS4 edition of this book is high on my shopping list.
Real World Color Management
This book co-authored by the late Bruce Fraser is without any doubt the best overview about color management on the market.
Great site you have here with a lot of great information. I have bookmarked it for future reference.
I’d be honored if you would consider linking to my site. Feel free to visit my site and join the discussion. A great way to keep up with what is happening in the prepress world.
Joe
http://forums.b4print.com
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