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Your hand lettering is excellent by the way. Thanks for taking the time to do that. It's a lost art.

The only works of comparable quality I am aware of are classics like the Moosewood Cookbook[0] (famously completely hand typeset), Allen and Mikes Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book[1], and Anybody's Bike Book[2].

Hand illustrating technical content is so much better than sterile diagrams, and it lends a sense of personalization, especially if the illustrator is also the author, which is a rarity.

[0] https://www.baumanrarebooks.com/rare-books/katzen-mollie/moo...

[1] https://skimo.co/allen-mikes-backcountry-ski-book

[2] https://archive.org/details/anybodysbikebook00cuth



Don't forget the Forrest Mims electronics books that were in every Radio Shack back in the day.


Oh, thanks for that recommendation. I’ll be sure to read them soon.


Thanks, that bike repair book is nice!




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