Judging books by their covers

Judging books by their covers posted 28th October 2003

Mastication is Normal has started an occasional series of book cover reviews. Chesh gives us wonderfully considered judgements on the typography, layout, illustration and branding of six new releases. His October reviews are now out and well worth a read if books, typography and graphic design are your bag.

Bent over a barrel: Behind the typeface: Cooper Black – a brilliant satire. A cry for help with a smart quotes algorithm. Typography links including designing logos from ligatures. And how close to the real thing your wireframes should be when presented for user testing.
Seventy Penguins: I’ve just come back from a week with Her Indoors in the West Country. While there I bought five books, all of which were Penguin paperbacks, one of which proved to be particularly fascinating.
Google Print and Google Suggest: There’s a couple of new (to me) features on Google that I wasn’t aware of.
Blog Design Solutions: I think it’s high time I told you about my new book; or rather our book, Blog Design Solutions.
Taking on the Tour: Two remarkable men attempt to ride the Tour course in the same number of days as the race itself. And Jeff’s book is five years old.