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weinzierl on May 31, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Manual That Dictates Every Detail of the NYC S...

The designer of NYC's subway map, Massimo Vignelli, has published a meta style guide "THE VIGNELLI CANON".

    This little book reveals our guidelines - 
    those set by ourselves for ourselves.

It's only 49 pages and available for free on his website:

http://www.vignelli.com/canon.pdf

melvinmt on May 31, 2015 [–]

Thanks, I bought the paperback for $30 on amazon, had no idea it was also available for free!

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