What are good books for learning graphic arts?
Meggs, History of Graphic Design Landa, Graphic Design Solutions, also Advertising by Design Carter, Day and Meggs, Typographic Design Clair, Busic-Snyder, A Typographic Workbook Samara, Making and Breaking the Grid Those books will all give you a good grounding in graphic design, typography and the history of Graphic design. These are the foundations for being a graphic designer. The software is secondary; once you’ve studied design concepts, then progress to the software, and web design. If you are going to learn web design, although you can use software that handles the code for you, it’s a good idea to get at least a basic grounding in HTML, XHTML and CSS.
