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Barry Spencer

  • Age:25
  • Location:Melbourne, Australia
  • Interests:Typography, Design, Teaching, Books, Posters, Things that spark my interest...

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  • Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography by Christopher Burke et al

  • The Complete Typographer: A Manual for Designing with Type by Christopher Perfect et al

  • A2Z and More Signs by Julian Rothenstein et al

  • Men of Letters and People of Substance by Roberto De Vicq de Cumptich et al

  • Tauba Auerbach: How To Spell the Alphabet by Tauba Auerbach et al

  • Wordplay: Ambigrams and Reflections on the Art of Ambigrams by John Langdon et al

  • While You're Reading by Gerard Unger et al

  • Letterletter by Gerrit Noordzij et al

  • Typographic Systems of Design by Kimberly Elam et al

  • Designing Type by Karen Cheng et al

  • Letterpress: The Allure of the Handmade by David Jury et al

  • Univers Revolved: A Three-Dimensional Alphabet by Ji Lee et al

  • Public Address System: Poster Speeches by Typographers by A. Lewis et al

  • New Typographic Design by Roger Fawcett-Tang et al

  • The Ten Commandments of Typography/Type Heresy: Breaking the Ten Commandments of Typography by Paul Felton et al

  • Philippe Apeloig: Inside the Word by Philippe Apeloig et al

  • Wim Crouwel - Alphabets by Kees Broos et al

  • Stop Stealing Sheep by Erik Spiekermann et al

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