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Two cover designs
I just finished working on a fun little book, Anodynes and Nostrums: A Century of Patent Medicines for Infants and Children. I usually only work with an image chosen by the author, so the potential for doing something different was … Continue reading
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A different kind of book
Last month, I designed a board book for my son, who is seventeen months old. Since we do not live near family, I put lots of photos of his aunts, uncles, cousins, grandmas, and grandpas so that he might recognize … Continue reading
Bagley’s bibliography
New from Will Bagley, historian extraordinaire: 412 pages of bibliographical information for accessing more than 2,500 primary accounts and almost 2,000 secondary sources of emigrants’ experiences on the Oregon and California Trails. “Across the Plains, Mountains, and Deserts: A Bibliography … Continue reading
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Grrrrr
The winter issue of Overland Journal is at press! One of the articles, “A New Eldorado in California, 1849,” is a chapter from a book that I worked on last year. California Through Russian Eyes, 1806–1848, compiled, translated, and edited … Continue reading
Selling out!
I got a call from Leonard Brant today. He reported that his book, Kootenai Indians of the Columbia Plateau, is selling very quickly, and he’s only got ten copies left! Jonna and I worked on his book this summer; here’s … Continue reading
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Merry Christmas 2013
This has been another amazing year. I worked on ten different books–most of which are now complete–and three issues of Overland Journal. We’ve got some very fun projects on the calendar for 2014, including hopefully finishing a book that’s been … Continue reading
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Glyph possibilities
One of the things that I love to play with is the different glyphs that come in a well designed font. Here’s an example, from the inside of this year’s Christmas cards. This typeface, Feldman Engraver, has lots of nice … Continue reading
Cover detail
The Fall issue of Overland Journal is at the printer and will go out to OCTA members the week after Christmas. Bob Clark has retired as the editor–the first time since 2002 that I have not been working for him … Continue reading
The typewriter has a lot to answer for!
My husband bought me the book Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation for Valentine’s Day. From an interview with the author: . . . the earliest typewriter keyboards did not have exclamation marks (typists had to type a period, … Continue reading
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Evolution of a logo
I don’t really do logo design, but this slideshow is an interesting view of all of the iterations of the new logo for Tavern on the Green. I actually liked the shields in slide 6 the best, but of course, … Continue reading
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