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Author Archives: ariane
A little twist on the cover
Inspired by the covers of women’s magazines, I let the subject of the cover illustration take center stage, blocking out part of the masthead. It’s a glorious image!
St. Louis steamboating
Here is a peek at the cover of the summer 2012 Overland Journal, which uses a scene from St. Louis circa 1874 to illustrate an article on the importance of steamboats in the overland era. The image was quite big … Continue reading
Basic, yet vital
From The New York Times, a roundup of some common comma mistakes. I see these constantly on professional websites that clearly have never been copy-edited (a whole other problem!). They are really simple lessons–learn them, and give me one less … Continue reading
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More Pantone!
“A good navy,” says a French woman with short blonde hair, “is going to fulfill the role that black used to fill, because black is now launching into another dimension.” Continuing our Pantone-related postings over the last few months, this … Continue reading
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Heath Ceramics house numbers
I wish these amazing new house numbers from Heath Ceramics would work on my house! The black backgrounds would go marvelously with my white house’s black trim. The fonts used were developed by House Industries, a font foundry with many … Continue reading
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Tagged Eames, fonts, Heath Ceramics, House Industries, Neutra
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We work behind the scenes.
I was surprised and delighted to see a mention of one of my projects in the latest issue of the University of Montana’s alumni magazine. (I graduated from UM in 2001.) An Archaeology of Desperation: Exploring the Donner Party’s Alder … Continue reading
Fine books
From the New York Times: Some things seem to designed to do their jobs perfectly, and the old-fashioned book is one. What else could be quite as efficient at packaging so many thousands of words in a form, which is … Continue reading
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A Different Era
Most of the books that we work on here at Capital A cover the history of the exploration and development of the western United States from about 1830 to about 1880–the Oregon-California Trail, the Battle of the Little Bighorn and … Continue reading
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Tagged Dust Jackets, Hellstorm, typefaces, Warnock, World War II
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Beautiful books
Dominic Pulera, a former client (I designed his book Green, White and Red: The Italian-American Success Story a couple of years ago*), sent me a New York Times article, “Selling Books by Their Gilded Covers,” by Julie Bosman, this week. … Continue reading
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Tagged cloth, Green White and Red, Library of Congress, Pulera, stamping
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Making Books Is Fun!
We are about to start doing some hand-binding for a small project, so I thought this look back at mid-twentieth-century typesetting and printing would be particularly timely. (Via kottke.)