Typography and graphic communication: finding your way

This guide outlines the location numbers for books on typography and graphic communication and basic information on finding information in this subject.

Where are the typography and graphic communication books?

  • Most of the typography and graphic communication books are on the 4th Floor of the Library. Although some can be found in the Bulmershe Collection on the 2nd Floor.
  • Larger sized (Folio) books are shelved separately from normal sized books for practical reasons. You will find your key sections in both large (Folio) and normal sized sections. 
  • Pick up a floor plan from the Information Desk to help you find your way around.
    View the 3rd Floor plan (PDF)
    View the 4th Floor plan (PDF)

Key sections for typography and graphic communication

4th Floor

655 Printing, publishing and bookbinding
655.2  Typography and composition 
655.3  Printing processes  
655.4  Publishing and bookselling 
655.7 

Bookbinding

 

3rd floor

700  Art 
741.6  Illustration 
745.2  Design 
745.6  Calligraphy and decorative lettering  
760  Prints and printing  
770  Printing 


2nd Floor

000 General works
004.67 Internet design
016 Bibliography
070 Newspapers, journalism and the press
090 Manuscripts and rare books


Call Numbers for selected topics

Advertising (Illustration) 741.67
American printing & printers 655.173

Book, History of 655.09
Book design 655.53
Book illustration 741.64
Book production 655
Book trade 655.56
Bookbinding 655.7
Book jackets 741.64
Bookplates 097
Bookselling 655.5
British printing & printers 655.142

Calligraphy 745.6
Computer typesetting 655.28
Copyright 655.6

Design 745.4
Desk-top publishing 655.2018
Digital typography 655.28

Fine bindings 095
First editions 094.4
French printing & printers 655.144

German printing & printers 655.143

Illustration 741.61
Incunabula 093
Illuminated manuscripts 096
Internet design 004.67
Italian printing & printers 655.145

Journalism 070

Lettering 745.6
Lithography (printing) 655.325
Lithography (printmaking) 763

Manuscripts 091

Newspaper publishing 070

Offset lithography (printing) 655.325

Page design 655.25
Perception (Psychology of) 152
Photogravure 655.327
Photolithography 655.325
Posters 741.67
Printing (general) 655
Printing (history of) 655.1
Printing processes 655.3
Prints and printmaking 760
Private presses 094
Publishing 655.4

Rare bindings 095
Rare books 094
Rare illustrations 096
Rare printing 094
Relief printmaking 761

Specimen books 655.24

Type design 655.24
Typefaces 655.24
Typefounding 655.21
Typesetting 655.28
Typography 655.2

WWW design 004.67

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