Books like Thinking in Type by Alex W. White

Steve Krug’s practical guide distills usability expertise into clear principles for creating intuitive, user-friendly web sites that keep visitors coming back.

A comprehensive guide to graphic design and typography, offering practical advice and design techniques for students and designers alike.

Mobile First is a concise, data‑driven guide to designing effective mobile websites and apps. It teaches practical techniques that also strengthen desktop and non‑mobile design.

Although the term was not coined until the 1920s, graphic design existed long before there were any graphic designers. This lavish volume is a vibrant mix of beautifully crafted printed ephemera from the past. It is a visual journey through the pre-history of graphic design, charting the printer's progress from jobbing tradesman to the heights and hallowed status of artistic printer. Showcasing work from a host of anonymous talents whose names are lost to history as well as seminal, pioneering typographers, artists and printers such as Giambattista Bodoni, William Morris and Oscar Harpel, it reveals how those working on both sides of the Atlantic responded to everyday communication issues with original solutions and breathtaking flair and skill. The extraordinarily diverse results -- the precursor of what we now call graphic design -- are a celebratory cultural feast of the jobbing printer's contribution to visual culture and heritage. - Publisher.

An accessible guide to the intricacies of interactive web design, outlining user experience processes, methods, and terminology for readers without a design background.

This is the eBook version of the printed book.Explore the new design discipline that is behind such products as the iPod and innovative Web sites like Flicer. While other books on this subject are either aimed at more seasoned practitioners or else are too focused on a particular medium like software, this guide will take a more holistic approach to the discipline, looking at interaction design for the Web, software, and devices. It is the only interaction design book that is coming from a designers point of view rather than that of an engineer. This much-needed guide is more than just a how-to manual. It covers interaction design fundamentals, approaches to designing, design research, and more, and spans all mediums—Internet, software, and devices. Even robots! Filled with tips, real-world projects, and interviews, you'll get a solid grounding in everything you need to successfully tackle interaction design.

"The Visual History of Type is a comprehensive, detailed survey of the major typefaces produced since the advent of printing with movable type in the mid-fifteenth century to the present day. Arranged chronologically to provide context, more than 320 typefaces are displayed in the form of their original type specimens or earliest printing. Each entry is supported by a brief history and description of defining characteristics of the typeface"--From publisher website.